Software AG Natural
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Natural skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Natural over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 699 856
Rank change year-on-year +124 +157 -207
Contract jobs citing Natural 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.031% 0.005% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £483 - £797
25th Percentile £494 - £797
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £330 £799
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -58.68% +128.21%
75th Percentile £538 - £800
90th Percentile £560 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £330 -
% change year-on-year +51.52% - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Natural is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,840 21,040 32,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.48% 35.09% 36.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,115 15,203 23,486
10th Percentile £350 £395 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £782 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 482 512
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £77.00 £67.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.54
% change year-on-year - +26.16% +16.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Natural in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Natural in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Natural in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Natural within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +116 3 £500 +51.52%
London - 3 £500 -
UK excluding London +69 1 £500 +51.52%
Wales - 1 £500 -

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) CA Gen
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Unix Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Unix Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Ajax
1 1 (25.00%) EntireX
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CA
1 2 (50.00%) Software AG