Biometrics Contracts in England

Biometrics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Biometrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biometrics over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 631 723
Rank change year-on-year +96 +92 -136
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 8 27 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.053% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.058% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 29
10th Percentile £435 £448 £412
25th Percentile £475 £453 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +22.73% +39.24%
75th Percentile £556 £750 £675
90th Percentile £695 - £865
UK median daily rate £525 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -22.22% +22.73% +39.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £50.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Biometrics 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 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Biometrics in England

Biometrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Biometrics in England

Biometrics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biometrics in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biometrics in England

Biometrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Biometrics in England

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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 Biometrics within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
South East -8 3 £531 -21.30% 2
London +100 2 £596 +31.04% 6
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 6
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
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 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) JMeter
2 2 (25.00%) SoapUI
2 2 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Law
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Biometrics Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) SOAP
2 2 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) FIDO
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
3 1 (12.50%) OpenID
3 1 (12.50%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Android Development
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
2 1 (12.50%) OWASP
2 1 (12.50%) SDLC
2 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) F5
1 3 (37.50%) SolarWinds