Business Transformation Contracts

Business Transformation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Transformation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Transformation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 422 402
Rank change year-on-year +93 -20 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 273 319 529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.59% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 221 367
10th Percentile £410 £425 £408
25th Percentile £469 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £688
90th Percentile £770 £875 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £560 £513
% change year-on-year -1.79% +9.27% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 0
10th Percentile £22.33 - -
25th Percentile £35.58 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -42.86% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Transformation 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 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
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% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Business Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +81 247 £550 -8.33% 104
UK excluding London +45 133 £550 -1.79% 60
London +85 116 £548 -21.79% 44
Work from Home +51 66 £550 -8.33% 34
North of England +42 45 £525 -12.50% 15
Midlands +37 36 £600 +8.11% 17
West Midlands +40 32 £600 +9.09% 11
East of England +27 31 £525 +5.00% 3
North West +33 28 £525 -12.50% 7
South West +17 21 £710 +20.85% 8
South East -24 14 £600 +2.13% 11
Yorkshire +17 13 £600 -4.00% 3
Scotland +29 7 £263 -44.74% 4
North East +20 3 £897 +70.85% 5
East Midlands +16 3 £530 -5.36% 5
Wales - 2 £775 - 2

Business Transformation
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 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.73%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 59 (21.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.20%) SAP GTS
4 5 (1.83%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.10%) Primavera
5 3 (1.10%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.73%) Maximo
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.73%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.73%) Softmar
6 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.37%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.37%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.37%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.16%) Azure
2 13 (4.76%) AWS
3 11 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
3 11 (4.03%) AWS Step Functions
3 11 (4.03%) Serverless
4 10 (3.66%) Amazon MSK
5 9 (3.30%) Amazon S3
6 8 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.20%) GCP
7 6 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.83%) PaaS
8 5 (1.83%) SaaS
9 3 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.10%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.10%) Yammer
10 2 (0.73%) Azure API Management
10 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.73%) dbt
10 2 (0.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.66%) LAN
1 10 (3.66%) WAN
2 8 (2.93%) DHCP
2 8 (2.93%) DNS
2 8 (2.93%) MPLS
2 8 (2.93%) SAN
2 8 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.73%) Firewall
3 2 (0.73%) Intranet
3 2 (0.73%) Network Security
3 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.66%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (3.66%) DynamoDB
2 10 (3.66%) Parquet
3 5 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.10%) Power BI
4 3 (1.10%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.37%) Big Data
6 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.37%) Impala
6 1 (0.37%) Metadata
6 1 (0.37%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.37%) Sqoop
6 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) JIRA
2 2 (0.73%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 132 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 86 (31.50%) Finance
3 30 (10.99%) Pharmaceutical
4 28 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.13%) Marketing
8 12 (4.40%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.03%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.56%) Retail
12 7 (2.56%) Social Housing
13 6 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.20%) Legal
14 5 (1.83%) Banking
14 5 (1.83%) French Language
14 5 (1.83%) German Language
14 5 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (14.29%) Analyst
2 38 (13.92%) Consultant
3 35 (12.82%) Architect
4 33 (12.09%) Lead
4 33 (12.09%) Project Manager
5 25 (9.16%) Functional Consultant
5 25 (9.16%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 23 (8.42%) Senior
7 21 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.86%) Developer
8 16 (5.86%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.76%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
10 12 (4.40%) Business Manager
10 12 (4.40%) Microsoft Developer
11 9 (3.30%) Business Transformation Manager
11 9 (3.30%) Communications Manager
11 9 (3.30%) Programme Manager
12 8 (2.93%) IT Analyst
12 8 (2.93%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.13%) JSON
2 10 (3.66%) Apache Avro
3 6 (2.20%) HTML
4 4 (1.47%) .NET
4 4 (1.47%) CSS
4 4 (1.47%) Middleware
4 4 (1.47%) Web Services
4 4 (1.47%) XML
5 3 (1.10%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.73%) Flash
6 2 (0.73%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.73%) REST
6 2 (0.73%) SOAP
6 2 (0.73%) YAML
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.37%) ADO
7 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.36%) Life Science
2 14 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.40%) FMCG
4 8 (2.93%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.93%) Clustering
4 8 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.83%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (1.83%) IoT
7 5 (1.83%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.10%) Social Media
9 3 (1.10%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.73%) Freedom of Information Act
10 2 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.30%) Windows
2 8 (2.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (26.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (20.15%) Agile
3 49 (17.95%) Project Management
4 35 (12.82%) Change Management
4 35 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (10.99%) ERP
6 28 (10.26%) Roadmaps
7 27 (9.89%) Migration
8 24 (8.79%) Business Analysis
8 24 (8.79%) Data Migration
9 23 (8.42%) IT Strategy
10 22 (8.06%) Data Ingestion
11 18 (6.59%) PRINCE2
11 18 (6.59%) Risk Management
11 18 (6.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (6.59%) Workshop Facilitation
12 17 (6.23%) Business Strategy
12 17 (6.23%) CRM
12 17 (6.23%) Decision-Making
13 16 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.23%) Python
2 16 (5.86%) SQL
3 10 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.83%) C#
6 4 (1.47%) Java
7 2 (0.73%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.37%) Go
Qualifications
1 39 (14.29%) Degree
2 25 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.47%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.10%) PMP
6 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.73%) CISM
6 2 (0.73%) CISSP
6 2 (0.73%) ISACA
6 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.73%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) MBA
7 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.66%) SLA
2 8 (2.93%) PMO
3 7 (2.56%) QA
4 5 (1.83%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.73%) COBIT
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.73%) IASME
7 1 (0.37%) GAAP
7 1 (0.37%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.93%) Virtual Servers
2 8 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.93%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (0.37%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (2.93%) Nagios
1 8 (2.93%) NetBackup
1 8 (2.93%) SCCM
2 4 (1.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.37%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 76 (27.84%) SAP
2 34 (12.45%) Microsoft
3 31 (11.36%) Ariba
4 10 (3.66%) Oracle
5 8 (2.93%) Hitachi
5 8 (2.93%) NetApp
5 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.93%) VMware
6 6 (2.20%) Google
6 6 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.10%) Workday
8 2 (0.73%) Concur
8 2 (0.73%) IBM
8 2 (0.73%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.73%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.73%) Sparx
9 1 (0.37%) Dell
9 1 (0.37%) HP
9 1 (0.37%) Sage
9 1 (0.37%) Splunk