Series 60 Contracts

Series 60 (S60)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Series 60 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Series 60 over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Series 60 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £12.75 - -
75th Percentile £12.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.75 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Series 60 is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,883 13,752 24,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.59% 23.25% 27.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 10,030 17,634
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.08 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +31.31% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.61 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.00% +27.55% +8.89%

Series 60
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Series 60 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Series 60 in the UK

Series 60
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Series 60.

Daily rate trend for Series 60 in the UK

Series 60
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Series 60.

Hourly rate trend for Series 60 in the UK

Series 60
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 Series 60 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
England - 1 - - 2
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 2

Series 60
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft