Situational Awareness Contracts

Situational Awareness
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Situational Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Situational Awareness over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 665 769
Rank change year-on-year +82 +104 -71
Contract jobs citing Situational Awareness 16 26 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.047% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.052% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 52
10th Percentile £361 £318 £400
25th Percentile £463 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £658 £707 £638
90th Percentile £928 £775 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £533 £470
% change year-on-year -20.19% +13.30% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £61.61 £32.04
25th Percentile - £65.47 £41.59
Median hourly rate - £71.92 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +25.07% -
75th Percentile - £78.36 -
90th Percentile - £82.22 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £71.92 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +25.07% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Situational Awareness 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 36,910 49,947 79,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 89.66% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,591 34,538 56,189
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,563 1,686 1,877
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.54 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Situational Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Situational Awareness over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Situational Awareness within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +89 15 £540 -1.82% 16
London +72 8 £658 +22.33% 4
UK excluding London +36 7 £425 -20.19% 8
South West +17 4 £463 -33.93% 2
Work from Home +100 2 £975 +69.57% 4
East of England +7 2 £363 - 2
North of England +25 1 £475 -32.14% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -

Situational Awareness
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 (12.50%) Confluence
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (6.25%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) Tactical Data Link
2 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (6.25%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Agile Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Deployment Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Deployment Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) QA Tester
2 2 (12.50%) Scrum Master
2 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Architect
3 1 (6.25%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.25%) DAO
2 1 (6.25%) JWT
2 1 (6.25%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth2
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Online Banking
3 1 (6.25%) PKI
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 8 (50.00%) Scrum
3 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (43.75%) Project Management
4 6 (37.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) Kanban
5 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) TDD
5 4 (25.00%) User Stories
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (18.75%) UML
7 2 (12.50%) Microservices
7 2 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) GCIH
3 1 (6.25%) GIAC
3 1 (6.25%) GPEN
3 1 (6.25%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
1 2 (12.50%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Atlassian
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) ForgeRock
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle