Runbook Contracts in England

Runbook
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 501 554
Rank change year-on-year +103 +53 -54
Contract jobs citing Runbook 139 154 233
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.34% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 108 131
10th Percentile £310 £200 £385
25th Percentile £409 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.13 - -
75th Percentile £23.32 - -
90th Percentile £26.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £51.00 -
% change year-on-year -64.45% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Runbook 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 32,110 45,282 64,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,055 31,791 45,856
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,587 1,766
10th Percentile £12.95 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.68
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Runbook
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Runbook in England

Runbook
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Runbook in England

Runbook
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Runbook in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Runbook in England

Runbook
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Runbook 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 Runbook within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +108 77 £500 -16.67% 18
South East +30 27 £525 +162.50% 7
North of England +29 20 £380 -45.71% 5
Yorkshire +24 10 £340 -51.43% 2
Midlands +22 10 £300 -42.86% 2
West Midlands +17 10 £300 -42.86% 1
North West +9 9 £488 -30.36% 2
South West +24 2 £600 +200.00% 1
North East +16 1 - - 1
Runbook
UK

Runbook
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 9 (6.47%) nginx
2 6 (4.32%) Apache
2 6 (4.32%) JBoss
2 6 (4.32%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.44%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) IIS
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.44%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Temenos T24
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (35.25%) Azure
2 35 (25.18%) AWS
3 16 (11.51%) Serverless
4 13 (9.35%) GitHub
5 10 (7.19%) GCP
5 10 (7.19%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.47%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.47%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.76%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (4.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.32%) IaaS
9 5 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.88%) Apigee
10 4 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.88%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.11%) DNS
2 20 (14.39%) Firewall
3 11 (7.91%) DHCP
4 9 (6.47%) LAN
4 9 (6.47%) WAN
5 8 (5.76%) VPN
6 7 (5.04%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (5.04%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (5.04%) Wireless
7 6 (4.32%) BGP
7 6 (4.32%) IPsec
7 6 (4.32%) MPLS
7 6 (4.32%) OSPF
7 6 (4.32%) SD-WAN
7 6 (4.32%) VXLAN
8 5 (3.60%) Network Security
8 5 (3.60%) SSL
9 4 (2.88%) Cisco Wireless
9 4 (2.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) RDBMS
1 11 (7.91%) Relational Database
1 11 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.19%) Power BI
3 9 (6.47%) MySQL
4 7 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.32%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.88%) Metadata
6 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.72%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (6.47%) GitLab
2 8 (5.76%) Git
3 6 (4.32%) JIRA
4 4 (2.88%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (2.88%) Burp Suite
5 3 (2.16%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.44%) Selenium
7 1 (0.72%) GoCD
7 1 (0.72%) JUnit
7 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 40 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.90%) Finance
3 18 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Banking
5 4 (2.88%) Back Office
5 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.16%) Police
6 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.72%) Legal
7 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.72%) Marketing
7 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (13.67%) Analyst
2 14 (10.07%) Senior
3 12 (8.63%) Business Analyst
4 11 (7.91%) Linux Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) IT Engineer
6 7 (5.04%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) Consultant
7 6 (4.32%) Data Centre Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) Network Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Developer
8 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Operations Analyst
8 5 (3.60%) Operations Business Analyst
8 5 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (2.88%) Architect
9 4 (2.88%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.32%) IBM Integration Bus
1 6 (4.32%) Node.js
2 5 (3.60%) Middleware
2 5 (3.60%) YAML
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.16%) ADO
4 3 (2.16%) Jest
4 3 (2.16%) Lambda Expressions
4 3 (2.16%) React
4 3 (2.16%) REST
5 2 (1.44%) .NET
5 2 (1.44%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.44%) CSS
5 2 (1.44%) CSS3
5 2 (1.44%) HTML
5 2 (1.44%) HTML5
5 2 (1.44%) OpenID
5 2 (1.44%) React Native
5 2 (1.44%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.19%) Linux Command Line
3 9 (6.47%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.88%) DTCC
4 4 (2.88%) Equities
4 4 (2.88%) PKI
4 4 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.16%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) CMDB
7 1 (0.72%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.18%) Windows
2 27 (19.42%) Linux
3 15 (10.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (10.07%) Unix
5 8 (5.76%) VMS
6 7 (5.04%) Windows 10
6 7 (5.04%) Windows 7
6 7 (5.04%) Windows Server
7 3 (2.16%) Solaris
7 3 (2.16%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.44%) Android
8 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.72%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.42%) Migration
3 18 (12.95%) Agile
3 18 (12.95%) Incident Management
4 17 (12.23%) Project Delivery
4 17 (12.23%) Roadmaps
5 15 (10.79%) CI/CD
5 15 (10.79%) ITIL
6 14 (10.07%) DevOps
7 13 (9.35%) Computer Science
7 13 (9.35%) Validation
8 12 (8.63%) Product Roadmap
8 12 (8.63%) Project Management
9 11 (7.91%) Asset Management
9 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (7.91%) ITSM
9 11 (7.91%) Problem Management
10 10 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (7.19%) Test Automation
11 9 (6.47%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.86%) Python
2 22 (15.83%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.63%) Bash
4 10 (7.19%) Java
5 8 (5.76%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.76%) Shell Script
5 8 (5.76%) SQL
6 6 (4.32%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.88%) Go
8 3 (2.16%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.44%) C#
9 2 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.44%) VBScript
10 1 (0.72%) Perl
10 1 (0.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.67%) Degree
4 13 (9.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.04%) CCNA
6 7 (5.04%) CCNP
6 7 (5.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.88%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.16%) CISM
8 3 (2.16%) CISSP
8 3 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.44%) CCIE
9 2 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.72%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.72%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) SLA
2 7 (5.04%) QA
3 4 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.72%) GDPR
6 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.47%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (5.76%) vSphere
5 7 (5.04%) KVM
5 7 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.04%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (4.32%) Firmware
7 5 (3.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.88%) Hyper-V
9 3 (2.16%) Docker
9 3 (2.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.44%) Ceph
10 2 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (10.79%) Ansible
2 12 (8.63%) Terraform
3 10 (7.19%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.04%) vCenter Server
5 6 (4.32%) Packer
5 6 (4.32%) vRealize
6 5 (3.60%) SysTrack
7 4 (2.88%) SCCM
8 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.44%) Pacemaker
9 2 (1.44%) Podman
9 2 (1.44%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.72%) CASB
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.72%) SELinux
10 1 (0.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.67%) VMware
3 18 (12.95%) Oracle
4 13 (9.35%) Red Hat
5 10 (7.19%) Cisco
6 9 (6.47%) IBM
7 7 (5.04%) Citrix
7 7 (5.04%) CyberArk
8 6 (4.32%) F5
8 6 (4.32%) Infoblox
8 6 (4.32%) SolarWinds
8 6 (4.32%) Temenos
8 6 (4.32%) Veritas
9 5 (3.60%) Arqiva
9 5 (3.60%) New Relic
9 5 (3.60%) Okta
9 5 (3.60%) OpenAI
9 5 (3.60%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.60%) Splunk
10 4 (2.88%) Atlassian