Customer Requirements Contracts in England

Customer Requirements
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Customer Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 210 360
Rank change year-on-year +13 +150 -44
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 435 669 511
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.18% 1.32% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.47% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 272 292
10th Percentile £131 £261 £191
25th Percentile £302 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +5.11%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £619
90th Percentile £688 £675 £736
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 228 43
10th Percentile £17.72 - £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £9.80 £16.50
Median hourly rate £47.83 £10.63 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year +349.95% -76.45% +0.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £12.02 £55.55
90th Percentile - £60.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £10.63 £47.50
% change year-on-year +323.33% -77.62% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Customer Requirements 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 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +35 135 £475 +7.71% 122
London +74 110 £485 -5.37% 89
East of England +24 58 £475 +18.75% 54
South West -41 45 £600 - 74
Midlands +12 41 £450 -4.26% 101
North of England -29 35 £475 -5.00% 88
West Midlands +8 21 £750 +59.57% 70
East Midlands +29 20 £173 -51.75% 31
North West 0 18 £302 -49.67% 46
Yorkshire -27 16 £475 - 32
North East +16 1 £150 -70.00% 12
Customer Requirements
UK

Customer Requirements
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 4 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) MTS
4 1 (0.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 62 (14.25%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.07%) Windchill
5 2 (0.46%) FileZilla
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.92%) Workfront
3 3 (0.69%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.23%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.23%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.23%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (5.29%) SaaS
2 22 (5.06%) Azure
3 18 (4.14%) PaaS
4 17 (3.91%) AWS
5 14 (3.22%) IaaS
6 13 (2.99%) Google Workspace
7 10 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.30%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.38%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.15%) Serverless
10 4 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) OCI
10 4 (0.92%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (0.69%) GitHub
11 3 (0.69%) npm
11 3 (0.69%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.89%) WAN
2 38 (8.74%) Firewall
3 37 (8.51%) LAN
4 36 (8.28%) Modbus
4 36 (8.28%) RS-422
4 36 (8.28%) RS-485
5 29 (6.67%) MPLS
6 28 (6.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 24 (5.52%) BGP
7 24 (5.52%) SSL
8 18 (4.14%) VPN
9 14 (3.22%) VoIP
10 10 (2.30%) SDH
10 10 (2.30%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.07%) PBX
12 7 (1.61%) DNS
13 6 (1.38%) Internet
13 6 (1.38%) Network Security
13 6 (1.38%) WLAN
14 5 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.38%) Power BI
2 5 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.69%) Metadata
3 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.46%) Big Data
5 1 (0.23%) DB2
5 1 (0.23%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.23%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.06%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (2.76%) Git
3 9 (2.07%) JIRA
4 6 (1.38%) NUnit
4 6 (1.38%) Postman
4 6 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.92%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.69%) webpack
7 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.46%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.23%) git-flow
8 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.23%) MSI
8 1 (0.23%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 122 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.94%) Finance
3 45 (10.34%) Electronics
4 43 (9.89%) Presentation Skills
5 37 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (7.82%) Telecoms
7 31 (7.13%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.83%) Marketing
8 21 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.91%) Legal
10 14 (3.22%) Banking
11 9 (2.07%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.61%) Aeronautics
12 7 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Military
14 4 (0.92%) Publishing
15 3 (0.69%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 145 (33.33%) Architect
2 53 (12.18%) Network Architect
3 38 (8.74%) Software Engineer
4 35 (8.05%) ServiceNow Architect
5 33 (7.59%) Senior
6 32 (7.36%) Solutions Architect
7 31 (7.13%) Network Engineer
8 27 (6.21%) C++ Software Engineer
9 23 (5.29%) Consultant
9 23 (5.29%) Hardware Engineer
9 23 (5.29%) Support Engineer
9 23 (5.29%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (4.83%) Lead
11 20 (4.60%) Analyst
12 17 (3.91%) Desktop Support
13 16 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
13 16 (3.68%) Windows Engineer
13 16 (3.68%) Windows Support Engineer
14 15 (3.45%) Developer
15 14 (3.22%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.99%) .NET
2 7 (1.61%) Web Services
3 6 (1.38%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.15%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.15%) Entity Framework
4 5 (1.15%) GraphQL
4 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 5 (1.15%) Playwright
4 5 (1.15%) React
4 5 (1.15%) WCF
5 4 (0.92%) CSS
6 3 (0.69%) EDI
6 3 (0.69%) Node.js
6 3 (0.69%) RESTful
7 2 (0.46%) JDBC
7 2 (0.46%) Middleware
7 2 (0.46%) ODBC
7 2 (0.46%) Smart Contracts
7 2 (0.46%) XML
8 1 (0.23%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.80%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.14%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.45%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.38%) CMDB
7 3 (0.69%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.69%) Derivative
7 3 (0.69%) EMC VNX
7 3 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.69%) iPad
7 3 (0.69%) PKI
7 3 (0.69%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.69%) Replication
7 3 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.46%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.46%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (15.40%) Windows
2 32 (7.36%) Windows 7
3 25 (5.75%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.99%) Linux
5 8 (1.84%) Unix
6 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.92%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.92%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.69%) AIX
7 3 (0.69%) Android
7 3 (0.69%) Solaris
8 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (23.68%) ITIL
2 92 (21.15%) Agile
3 81 (18.62%) DevOps
4 58 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (13.10%) Software Testing
6 53 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (12.18%) Customer Service
7 51 (11.72%) Network Design
8 49 (11.26%) ITSM
9 45 (10.34%) Software Engineering
9 45 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
10 43 (9.89%) TDD
10 43 (9.89%) Unit Testing
11 37 (8.51%) Continuous Integration
12 36 (8.28%) Pair Programming
13 31 (7.13%) Roadmaps
14 28 (6.44%) Network Management
15 27 (6.21%) Systems Engineering
16 24 (5.52%) Collaborative Working
17 23 (5.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 41 (9.43%) C#
2 39 (8.97%) C++
3 36 (8.28%) C
4 14 (3.22%) SQL
5 11 (2.53%) Python
6 10 (2.30%) Java
6 10 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.07%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.23%) ABAP
9 1 (0.23%) Jython
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 167 (38.39%) Security Cleared
2 75 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 63 (14.48%) Degree
4 51 (11.72%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.60%) PMI Certification
6 18 (4.14%) PMP
7 16 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.99%) APMP
9 11 (2.53%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.07%) CCNP
11 8 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.61%) HND
12 7 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.38%) CCIE
13 6 (1.38%) CCIE Data Center
14 5 (1.15%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.15%) JNCIA
15 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.66%) SLA
2 11 (2.53%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.84%) QA
4 6 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.15%) NCSC
6 4 (0.92%) GDPR
7 3 (0.69%) GRC
7 3 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (4.60%) Firmware
2 16 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.53%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.38%) Docker
5 3 (0.69%) SRDF
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (5.29%) Endace
1 23 (5.29%) SCCM
2 8 (1.84%) Control-M
3 5 (1.15%) WhatsUp Gold
4 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.69%) EMC TimeFinder
6 2 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.46%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 82 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 76 (17.47%) Cisco
3 43 (9.89%) ServiceNow
4 36 (8.28%) Juniper
5 28 (6.44%) Fortinet
6 23 (5.29%) F5
6 23 (5.29%) HP
7 20 (4.60%) Oracle
8 17 (3.91%) Google
8 17 (3.91%) VMware
9 14 (3.22%) SAP
10 13 (2.99%) Nokia
10 13 (2.99%) Salesforce
11 11 (2.53%) Dell
11 11 (2.53%) Palo Alto
12 10 (2.30%) IBM
13 8 (1.84%) Computacenter
14 7 (1.61%) Informatica
15 6 (1.38%) Zscaler
16 5 (1.15%) EMC