Actionable Recommendations Contracts in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Actionable Recommendations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 206 246
Rank change year-on-year +35 +40 -73
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 13 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.069% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.79% 0.50% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile £317 £205 £501
25th Percentile £325 £325 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £375 £588 -
90th Percentile £424 £595 £723
England median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +12.20%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

Actionable Recommendations is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 727 793 945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.49% 13.69% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 492 674
10th Percentile £323 £288 £190
25th Percentile £413 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% +8.61% +2.27%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 40 55
10th Percentile - £17.61 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £29.30 £12.02
Median hourly rate £12.84 £39.80 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.74% +112.83% +6.86%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.43 £27.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £68.30 £51.36
England median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year -40.43% +37.61% +29.76%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
North West - 10 £350 - 9
North East - 2 £513 -
Yorkshire +18 1 £400 -27.27% 5
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England

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Military
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) User Researcher
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Digital User Researcher
4 1 (7.69%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 11 (84.62%) User Research
3 10 (76.92%) Agile
3 10 (76.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 7 (53.85%) Data Science
4 7 (53.85%) Ergonomics
4 7 (53.85%) Ethnography
4 7 (53.85%) Focus Group
4 7 (53.85%) Front End Development
4 7 (53.85%) Guerrilla Testing
4 7 (53.85%) Human Factors
4 7 (53.85%) Market Research
4 7 (53.85%) Mentoring
4 7 (53.85%) Qualitative Research
4 7 (53.85%) Quantitative Research
4 7 (53.85%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (53.85%) Service Design
4 7 (53.85%) Usability Testing
4 7 (53.85%) User Experience
4 7 (53.85%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Ariba
1 1 (7.69%) SAP