Community of Practice Contracts in the South East

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Community of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Community of Practice 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 181 211 240
Rank change year-on-year +30 +29 -32
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 13 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.16% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 14
10th Percentile £472 £525 £508
25th Percentile £520 £600 £546
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £650 £609
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +6.82% +7.22%
75th Percentile £613 £730 £638
90th Percentile £650 £736 £649
England median daily rate £550 £565 £561
% change year-on-year -2.65% +0.67% +7.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.83 - -
Median hourly rate £68.67 - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.67 £85.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -19.22% +105.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Community of Practice 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,700 5,156 6,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.75% 89.24% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,740 3,588 4,724
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £593
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 224 288
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £48.62
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.55 £62.48
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Community of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in the South East

Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Community of Practice in the South East

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Community of Practice in the South East

Community of Practice
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Community of Practice in the South East

Community of Practice
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the South East 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
Thames Valley +11 8 £600 -7.69% 1
Berkshire -8 8 £600 -7.69%
Hampshire +1 4 £540 -25.52%
Surrey +15 1 £675 +50.00% 2
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP MII
1 1 (7.69%) SAP PP
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) GitHub
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) General Ledger
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Lead
1 6 (46.15%) Project Leader
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Backend Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SAP PP Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Programme Management
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (38.46%) Configuration Management
3 5 (38.46%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Product Backlog
5 3 (23.08%) ArchiMate
5 3 (23.08%) Containerisation
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Zero Trust
6 1 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
6 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (7.69%) Operational Stability
6 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Degree
3 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Foundry
1 3 (23.08%) Palantir
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Concur
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft