Bill of Materials Contracts

Bill of Materials
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bill of Materials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 686 814
Rank change year-on-year +117 +128 -157
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 29 33 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.055% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.061% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 22
10th Percentile £243 £406 £363
25th Percentile - £439 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £538 £531
Median % change year-on-year -53.49% +1.18% +25.00%
75th Percentile £480 £575 £613
90th Percentile £650 £661 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £27.93 - £20.17
25th Percentile £35.65 - £24.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £42.00 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +30.07% +29.16%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £40.66
90th Percentile £87.80 - £45.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £42.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +7.14% +143.06% -30.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Bill of Materials 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Bill of Materials
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Bill of Materials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bill of Materials.

Daily rate trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bill of Materials.

Hourly rate trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bill of Materials within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +122 22 £250 -50.00% 60
UK excluding London +63 21 £565 +2.73% 57
Work from Home +128 11 £480 +11.30% 20
South East +18 9 £650 +18.18% 17
London +105 7 £250 -47.37% 4
East of England +19 4 - - 3
Wales +17 4 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £353 - 1
Midlands +23 1 - - 7
North West - 1 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 15

Bill of Materials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (13.79%) Acrobat
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (3.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) SmartPlant
2 2 (6.90%) Teamcenter
3 1 (3.45%) Primavera
3 1 (3.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) SAN
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Telecoms
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (27.59%) Legal
5 4 (13.79%) Local Government
5 4 (13.79%) Marketing
5 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (6.90%) Back Office
8 1 (3.45%) Aeronautics
8 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Senior
2 5 (17.24%) Designer
2 5 (17.24%) Telecoms Designer
3 4 (13.79%) Bid Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Coordinator
3 4 (13.79%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Site Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (6.90%) IT Architect
5 2 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Bid Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior VMware Architect
5 2 (6.90%) VMware Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Logistics
2 7 (24.14%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Presales
4 5 (17.24%) 3D Modelling
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Time Management
5 4 (13.79%) Value Proposition
5 4 (13.79%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
6 3 (10.34%) Psychology
6 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.34%) Validation
7 2 (6.90%) CAD
7 2 (6.90%) Data Integration
7 2 (6.90%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
4 4 (13.79%) PMP
5 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.90%) PhD
6 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.45%) CISA
6 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Adobe
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (3.45%) Autodesk