Capital Requirements Directive IV (CDR 4)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CRD IV skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CRD IV over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 705 857
Rank change year-on-year - +152 -176
Contract jobs citing CRD IV 0 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.025% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

CRD IV 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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,272 8,036 11,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.37% 13.33% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,969 5,517 8,094
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £405 £411 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.79% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 237 299
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.00 £18.50 £17.27
Median hourly rate £20.47 £38.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.13% +33.33% +35.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.50 £67.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -49.37% +66.27% +0.24%

CRD IV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CRD IV in the UK

CRD IV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CRD IV in the UK