Biometrics Contracts

Biometrics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Biometrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biometrics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 676 804
Rank change year-on-year +104 +128 -131
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 14 22 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.038% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.042% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 29
10th Percentile £379 £415 £409
25th Percentile £458 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £522
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.00% +27.32%
75th Percentile £577 £750 £650
90th Percentile £646 - £865
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.57% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Biometrics 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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Biometrics in the UK

Biometrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biometrics.

Daily rate trend for Biometrics in the UK

Biometrics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biometrics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biometrics in the UK

Biometrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biometrics.

Hourly rate trend for Biometrics in the UK

Biometrics
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +57 12 £525 +10.53% 14
England +99 11 £525 -8.70% 29
South East +6 6 £538 -6.52% 6
Work from Home +113 3 £521 +15.83% 18
East Midlands - 3 £409 - 2
Midlands - 3 £409 - 3
Scotland - 2 - - 1
London +85 1 £418 -8.24% 7
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 2

Biometrics
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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) JMeter
2 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
2 2 (14.29%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (14.29%) Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Law
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
1 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Change Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Biometrics Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Functional Tester
4 1 (7.14%) IAM Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
2 2 (14.29%) SOAP
2 2 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Contactless
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Network Architecture
1 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 2 (14.29%) Functional Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 2 (14.29%) Use Case
2 2 (14.29%) User Stories
2 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
3 1 (7.14%) Android Development
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Multithreading
3 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C
1 1 (7.14%) Java
1 1 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) RMADS
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) F5
1 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Genesys