Line Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Line Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 180 210
Rank change year-on-year -22 +30 +44
Contract jobs citing Line Management 212 311 388
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.33% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.48% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 226 264
10th Percentile £135 £200 £163
25th Percentile £172 £313 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £626 £575
90th Percentile £720 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £521
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.14% +4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 22 24
10th Percentile £14.20 - £12.07
25th Percentile £17.67 £16.25 £21.44
Median hourly rate £44.74 £16.83 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year +165.83% -37.64% +45.89%
75th Percentile £60.75 £59.13 £41.84
90th Percentile £83.50 £65.00 £60.77
UK median hourly rate £24.30 £25.63 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.20% -5.07% +45.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Line Management 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
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 Line Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +11 57 £450 -10.00% 146
South West +19 54 £173 -57.80% 104
North of England -15 39 £481 -3.75% 196
North West -12 27 £350 -26.32% 110
East of England +11 26 £300 -1.64% 88
Midlands +6 20 £500 -20.00% 126
West Midlands +11 18 £500 -27.27% 81
Scotland +18 16 £281 -44.09% 36
Yorkshire +6 16 £641 +16.59% 66
North East - 4 £720 - 21
East Midlands +6 2 £310 -31.49% 45
Line Management
UK

Line Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.36%) Simulink
4 5 (2.36%) Stateflow
4 5 (2.36%) TargetLink
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.47%) Revit
6 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.42%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.94%) iTrent
3 2 (0.94%) Primavera
4 1 (0.47%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.13%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.30%) Azure
4 5 (2.36%) Google Sheets
5 4 (1.89%) AWS
6 3 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.94%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.72%) Firewall
1 10 (4.72%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.83%) 5G
3 6 (2.83%) Intranet
3 6 (2.83%) WAN
4 5 (2.36%) LAN
5 3 (1.42%) DHCP
5 3 (1.42%) DNS
5 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) SAN
6 1 (0.47%) SMS
6 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.13%) Power BI
2 6 (2.83%) GIS
3 3 (1.42%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.42%) QlikView
4 2 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Bitbucket
1 5 (2.36%) Git
1 5 (2.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 61 (28.77%) Finance
2 56 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 45 (21.23%) Public Sector
4 25 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.91%) Telecoms
6 18 (8.49%) Legal
7 14 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.72%) Retail
9 9 (4.25%) Local Government
9 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.77%) Marketing
10 8 (3.77%) Police
11 7 (3.30%) Banking
11 7 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.30%) Wholesale Banking
12 6 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.83%) Law
13 5 (2.36%) Automotive
13 5 (2.36%) Back Office
13 5 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (16.98%) Analyst
2 33 (15.57%) Senior
3 22 (10.38%) Project Manager
4 19 (8.96%) Service Analyst
4 19 (8.96%) Service Desk Analyst
5 16 (7.55%) Technical Support
6 15 (7.08%) Lead
7 14 (6.60%) Developer
8 11 (5.19%) ServiceNow Developer
8 11 (5.19%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.72%) Coordinator
9 10 (4.72%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.77%) Administrator
10 8 (3.77%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.77%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.77%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
11 7 (3.30%) Architect
12 6 (2.83%) Field Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Project Leader
12 6 (2.83%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.42%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) REST
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 59 (27.83%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.36%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.36%) NHS
3 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.89%) CMDB
5 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.94%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.94%) FMCG
6 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.47%) CCTV
7 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.47%) PKI
7 1 (0.47%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.08%) Windows
2 9 (4.25%) Linux
3 6 (2.83%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.36%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.89%) Unix
5 4 (1.89%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.42%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (20.75%) Project Management
3 39 (18.40%) ITIL
4 30 (14.15%) Customer Service
5 27 (12.74%) Incident Management
6 26 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (11.32%) Coaching
7 24 (11.32%) Roadmaps
8 23 (10.85%) PRINCE2
9 22 (10.38%) Risk Management
10 21 (9.91%) Agile
10 21 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (8.96%) Change Management
12 16 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (7.08%) Service Delivery
14 14 (6.60%) Service Management
15 13 (6.13%) Software Delivery
15 13 (6.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.30%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.30%) SQL
2 6 (2.83%) C
3 5 (2.36%) MATLAB
4 3 (1.42%) C++
4 3 (1.42%) VB.NET
5 2 (0.94%) Python
6 1 (0.47%) C#
6 1 (0.47%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 39 (18.40%) SC Cleared
3 34 (16.04%) Degree
4 13 (6.13%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (4.72%) Master's Degree
7 9 (4.25%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.36%) HNC
11 4 (1.89%) MCSE
11 4 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (1.42%) CCNA
12 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.42%) HND
12 3 (1.42%) NVQ Level 4
13 2 (0.94%) CCENT
13 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.43%) SLA
2 12 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.77%) PMO
4 7 (3.30%) GDPR
5 6 (2.83%) NIST
6 5 (2.36%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (2.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.36%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.36%) ISO 26262
6 5 (2.36%) MISRA
6 5 (2.36%) MISRA C
7 3 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.42%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.42%) QA
8 2 (0.94%) GRC
9 1 (0.47%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.89%) Firmware
2 4 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.42%) vSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (3.30%) SCCM
2 3 (1.42%) WSUS
3 2 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.72%) Cisco
4 8 (3.77%) BT
5 7 (3.30%) MicroStrategy
6 6 (2.83%) SAP
7 5 (2.36%) Google
7 5 (2.36%) Juniper
7 5 (2.36%) VMware
8 4 (1.89%) Citrix
8 4 (1.89%) Sage
9 3 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.94%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.94%) Pegasus
10 2 (0.94%) Remedy
11 1 (0.47%) Adobe
11 1 (0.47%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.47%) Qualys
11 1 (0.47%) Symantec
11 1 (0.47%) Zscaler