Time Management Contracts

Time Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Time Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Time Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 192 235
Rank change year-on-year +30 +43 +5
Contract jobs citing Time Management 646 797 1,107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.37% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.53% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 525 735
10th Percentile £170 £203 £185
25th Percentile £256 £356 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £525 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £466 £425
% change year-on-year -10.46% +9.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 57 72
10th Percentile - £16.98 £9.95
25th Percentile £10.95 £20.22 £10.77
Median hourly rate £13.00 £47.50 £13.20
Median % change year-on-year -72.63% +259.85% +5.60%
75th Percentile £16.09 £70.00 £23.13
90th Percentile £26.66 £77.50 £56.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.57 £58.59 £13.00
% change year-on-year -78.55% +350.69% +10.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Time Management 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 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

Time Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Time Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Time Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Time Management within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +51 576 £440 -12.00% 1,149
UK excluding London +45 398 £418 -10.46% 907
London +5 194 £445 -19.09% 301
Work from Home +8 157 £490 -1.95% 413
South East -2 102 £500 +11.11% 223
North of England +51 99 £493 -9.62% 227
North West +64 83 £497 -23.62% 128
Midlands +58 73 £255 -40.00% 185
East Midlands +55 54 £254 -46.53% 74
South West +18 49 £475 -5.00% 118
East of England +33 48 £260 +9.94% 107
Scotland +4 29 £438 +3.06% 49
West Midlands +9 18 £298 -19.89% 111
Yorkshire -1 13 £465 -20.85% 76
North East +4 2 - - 31

Time Management
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 22 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.55%) Confluence
4 5 (0.77%) IIS
5 4 (0.62%) Apache
5 4 (0.62%) govService
6 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.15%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 126 (19.50%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (8.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.86%) Photoshop
6 11 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.62%) InDesign
9 3 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.15%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.15%) Sketch
11 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.48%) Shopify
2 4 (0.62%) SAP HCM
2 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.62%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.46%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.31%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.31%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.31%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 56 (8.67%) Azure
2 48 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (6.19%) AWS
4 16 (2.48%) BigCommerce
4 16 (2.48%) GitHub
5 14 (2.17%) IaaS
6 12 (1.86%) GCP
7 10 (1.55%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.55%) OpenShift
8 9 (1.39%) SaaS
9 8 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.08%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (0.93%) Serverless
11 6 (0.93%) WhatsApp
12 5 (0.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.57%) Firewall
2 22 (3.41%) DNS
3 13 (2.01%) LAN
4 12 (1.86%) VPN
5 10 (1.55%) DHCP
5 10 (1.55%) Network Security
5 10 (1.55%) WAN
6 9 (1.39%) Internet
6 9 (1.39%) MPLS
6 9 (1.39%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.39%) VSAN
7 8 (1.24%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (1.24%) Wireless
8 7 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.46%) FTP
12 2 (0.31%) HTTP
12 2 (0.31%) VoIP
12 2 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.39%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (0.77%) Power BI
4 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.62%) MySQL
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.62%) Tableau
6 3 (0.46%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.31%) Big Data
7 2 (0.31%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.15%) HBase
8 1 (0.15%) MS Access
8 1 (0.15%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.02%) JIRA
2 20 (3.10%) Git
3 11 (1.70%) Bitbucket
4 10 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.39%) Selenium
6 6 (0.93%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.93%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (0.93%) JUnit
7 5 (0.77%) Gradle
7 5 (0.77%) Maven
8 4 (0.62%) Appium
8 4 (0.62%) Sourcetree
9 3 (0.46%) GitLab
9 3 (0.46%) Postman
10 2 (0.31%) JMeter
10 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.31%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.31%) TestNG
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 343 (53.10%) Social Skills
2 175 (27.09%) Organisational Skills
3 104 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (15.17%) Presentation Skills
5 95 (14.71%) Finance
6 63 (9.75%) Marketing
7 51 (7.89%) Retail
8 46 (7.12%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.10%) Mandarin Language
10 19 (2.94%) Banking
11 18 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.48%) Legal
12 16 (2.48%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.24%) German Language
14 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.93%) French Language
16 5 (0.77%) Advertising
16 5 (0.77%) Billing
16 5 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 77 (11.92%) Analyst
2 60 (9.29%) Project Manager
3 34 (5.26%) Architect
4 33 (5.11%) Administrator
5 30 (4.64%) Senior
6 28 (4.33%) Consultant
7 27 (4.18%) Coordinator
8 22 (3.41%) Developer
8 22 (3.41%) Lead
8 22 (3.41%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.10%) Project Coordinator
10 19 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (2.79%) Desktop Engineer
12 17 (2.63%) Test Engineer
13 16 (2.48%) 1st Line Engineer
13 16 (2.48%) Desktop Support
13 16 (2.48%) SOC Analyst
14 15 (2.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 15 (2.32%) IT Support
14 15 (2.32%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.94%) REST
2 14 (2.17%) CSS
2 14 (2.17%) HTML
3 11 (1.70%) VML
4 9 (1.39%) .NET
5 8 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.24%) Web Services
6 6 (0.93%) Middleware
6 6 (0.93%) React
6 6 (0.93%) Sass
7 5 (0.77%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.77%) HTML5
7 5 (0.77%) RAML
7 5 (0.77%) SAML
8 4 (0.62%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.62%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (0.62%) Dagger
8 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.62%) OkHttp
8 4 (0.62%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.54%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.41%) CSOC
4 21 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.70%) Animation
7 10 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.08%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.08%) Replication
10 6 (0.93%) CMDB
10 6 (0.93%) Legacy Code
10 6 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (0.77%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.77%) FMCG
11 5 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.77%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.77%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 109 (16.87%) Windows
2 49 (7.59%) Windows 10
3 30 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.18%) Linux
5 15 (2.32%) Unix
6 12 (1.86%) Android
7 9 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.62%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.62%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (30.96%) Problem-Solving
2 167 (25.85%) Decision-Making
3 112 (17.34%) Project Management
4 103 (15.94%) Agile
5 93 (14.40%) Customer Service
6 67 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (9.75%) Project Delivery
8 52 (8.05%) Conflict Management
9 50 (7.74%) Analytics
10 44 (6.81%) Migration
11 40 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (6.19%) Risk Management
12 38 (5.88%) ITIL
13 35 (5.42%) Collaborative Working
13 35 (5.42%) Service Management
14 34 (5.26%) PRINCE2
14 34 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (5.11%) DevOps
16 32 (4.95%) Mentoring
17 29 (4.49%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.64%) SQL
2 20 (3.10%) Java
3 17 (2.63%) Python
4 11 (1.70%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.93%) C#
7 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
7 4 (0.62%) Perl
7 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.46%) Bash
8 3 (0.46%) Bicep
9 2 (0.31%) ABAP
9 2 (0.31%) VBScript
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.15%) VB
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (23.99%) Degree
2 142 (21.98%) Security Cleared
3 96 (14.86%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.33%) NVQ Level 3
6 26 (4.02%) SANS
7 19 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.94%) HNC
7 19 (2.94%) HND
8 14 (2.17%) PMP
9 12 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.39%) CISM
11 9 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.24%) CCNP
12 8 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.43%) SLA
2 40 (6.19%) PMO
3 38 (5.88%) QA
4 28 (4.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 12 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.24%) NIST
8 7 (1.08%) GDPR
9 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.46%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.31%) HL7
11 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.15%) Basel III
12 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.15%) FINREP
12 1 (0.15%) GRC
12 1 (0.15%) GxP
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 57 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.63%) Docker
4 15 (2.32%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.08%) vCloud
6 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.93%) vSphere
7 5 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.46%) HDFS
8 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.31%) NFS
10 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 21 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 21 (3.25%) SCCM
2 19 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.94%) Terraform
3 13 (2.01%) vCenter Server
4 10 (1.55%) VxRail
5 8 (1.24%) Nessus
6 7 (1.08%) Istio
6 7 (1.08%) Rancher
7 6 (0.93%) Ansible
8 5 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.62%) MOM
10 2 (0.31%) Kibana
10 2 (0.31%) logstash
10 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.31%) Packer
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 159 (24.61%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.43%) SAP
3 44 (6.81%) VMware
4 26 (4.02%) Adobe
5 25 (3.87%) Oracle
6 24 (3.72%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.25%) Dell
7 21 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.94%) Google
9 18 (2.79%) Cisco
10 15 (2.32%) Sitecore
11 14 (2.17%) Citrix
12 10 (1.55%) Apple
13 8 (1.24%) Juniper
13 8 (1.24%) Okta
14 7 (1.08%) Intel
14 7 (1.08%) Palo Alto
14 7 (1.08%) ScienceLogic
15 6 (0.93%) dotdigital
16 5 (0.77%) EMC