TARGET2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for TARGET2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TARGET2 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 690 842
Rank change year-on-year +101 +152 -145
Contract jobs citing TARGET2 1 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.016% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.016% 0.12% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £608 -
25th Percentile - £638 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +42.11% +3.83%
75th Percentile - £888 £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

TARGET2 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 6,144 7,733 11,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.29% 13.38% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,904 5,308 7,915
10th Percentile £288 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £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 £625
90th Percentile £750 £741 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.83% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 235 309
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.38 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.19 £32.94 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.78% +46.41% +6.89%

TARGET2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TARGET2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TARGET2 in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TARGET2.

Daily rate trend for TARGET2 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 TARGET2 within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Work from Home +117 1 - - 1
England +98 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
UK excluding 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Commercialisation
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA