JTAG Contracts in the UK excluding London

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for JTAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JTAG 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 385 451 522
Rank change year-on-year +66 +71 -89
Contract jobs citing JTAG 6 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.025% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.17% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £516 - -
25th Percentile £522 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% - -
75th Percentile £547 £538 -
90th Percentile £549 - -
UK median daily rate £538 £475 -
% change year-on-year +13.16% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

JTAG 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,073 3,545 4,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.95% 14.84% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,800 2,390 3,091
10th Percentile £254 £218 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £572
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 187 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.58 £18.09 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £33.39 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -46.08% +58.60% +0.12%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.64 £46.09
90th Percentile £67.65 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing JTAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for JTAG in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JTAG in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for JTAG in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JTAG in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for JTAG in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JTAG within the UK excluding London 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
South East - 4 - - 7
South West +19 2 £538 +13.16% 2
JTAG
UK

JTAG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Git
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) Subversion
General
1 4 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Assembly Language
2 4 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 4 (66.67%) PhD
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware