Design to Cost (DTC)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Design-to-Cost skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design-to-Cost 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 | 582 | 678 | 855 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +96 | +177 | -166 |
| Contract jobs citing Design-to-Cost | 4 | 20 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.034% | 0.011% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.011% | 0.038% | 0.013% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 20 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £39.95 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £42.50 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.83 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.29% | - | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £49.70 | £48.57 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56.29 | £52.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.83 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.29% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Design-to-Cost 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% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Design-to-Cost as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design-to-Cost.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design-to-Cost.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design-to-Cost 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +93 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +49 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| South West | +12 | 4 | - | - |
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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:
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