Benchmarking Contracts in England

Benchmarking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 533 635
Rank change year-on-year +39 +102 -111
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 37 107 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 65 89
10th Percentile £402 £455 £408
25th Percentile £425 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £535
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +16.82% +25.88%
75th Percentile £525 £725 £675
90th Percentile £663 £833 £761
UK median daily rate £475 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -21.42% +9.91% +27.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £15.11 - £25.22
25th Percentile £15.39 £22.00 £29.04
Median hourly rate £15.79 £24.00 £36.97
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -35.07% +1.97%
75th Percentile £16.20 £26.00 £46.45
90th Percentile £24.51 - £51.21
UK median hourly rate £15.79 £22.88 £36.97
% change year-on-year -30.97% -38.12% -7.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Benchmarking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in England.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Benchmarking in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +46 14 £488 -25.00% 67
East of England +13 11 £575 +21.05% 12
South East +24 10 £456 -13.10% 25
Midlands +21 2 - - 26
West Midlands - 2 - - 19
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Anypoint
1 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (18.92%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.70%) Simulink
4 1 (2.70%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) dbt
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.70%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (5.41%) Intranet
1 2 (5.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (29.73%) Finance
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
3 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (18.92%) Local Government
5 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Performance Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) HR Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Lead
3 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Data Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) HR Data Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Unix Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Unix Administrator
6 1 (2.70%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 1 (2.70%) Category Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Operational Risk Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Category Manager
6 1 (2.70%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.41%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (5.41%) Solar Power
4 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.70%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Solaris
1 2 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Performance Management
2 9 (24.32%) Mathematics
3 7 (18.92%) Data Collection
3 7 (18.92%) Data Protection
3 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
3 7 (18.92%) Statistics
4 6 (16.22%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis
4 6 (16.22%) Project Management
5 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
6 4 (10.81%) Agile
6 4 (10.81%) Business Case
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.11%) Budgeting
7 3 (8.11%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (8.11%) Information Security
7 3 (8.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) Time Management
7 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) AWK
1 2 (5.41%) Bourne shell
1 2 (5.41%) Korn
1 2 (5.41%) Perl
1 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.70%) C++
2 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) RHCE
2 2 (5.41%) RHCSA
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.81%) GDPR
3 3 (8.11%) SLA
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 26262
4 1 (2.70%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Ansible
1 2 (5.41%) NetBackup
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle ZFS
1 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (5.41%) yum
2 1 (2.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) EMC
2 2 (5.41%) Red Hat
2 2 (5.41%) Veritas
3 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.70%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle