Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JTAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JTAG over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 706 852
Rank change year-on-year +131 +146 -185
Contract jobs citing JTAG 7 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.11% 0.075% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £516 £384 -
25th Percentile £522 £434 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - -
75th Percentile £547 £538 -
90th Percentile £549 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 -
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

JTAG 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 6,258 8,017 11,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 13.32% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,964 5,495 8,091
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £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 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 237 299
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.00 £18.50 £17.27
Median hourly rate £20.46 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.44% +31.58% +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%

JTAG
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for JTAG in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for JTAG in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for JTAG in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JTAG within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +126 7 £538 +7.50% 20
UK excluding London +58 6 £538 +7.50% 21
Work from Home +126 4 - - 10
South East - 4 - - 10
South West +15 2 £538 +7.50% 2
London - 1 - -

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Subversion
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
1 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
2 4 (57.14%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (57.14%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) Assembly Language
2 4 (57.14%) MATLAB
2 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
1 4 (57.14%) PhD
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware