Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in England

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UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 452 533
Rank change year-on-year +3 +81 +178
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 94 54 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.19% 0.086%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.72% 1.33% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 33 15
10th Percentile £346 £410 -
25th Percentile £404 £520 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -17.75%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £559
90th Percentile £698 £845 £650
UK median daily rate £470 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -21.67% +50.00% -31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £22.87

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,454 4,066 5,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.41% 14.01% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,543 2,378 3,610
10th Percentile £313 £275 £325
25th Percentile £406 £387 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £739 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 159 214
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.70 £14.21
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.92 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.79
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -16.18% +57.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.99 £66.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £83.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year -8.55% -21.99% +54.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the England region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
London +15 45 £520 -17.30% 29
South East -6 19 £447 -13.96% 28
North of England -31 13 £495 -12.00% 8
Midlands -36 7 £550 -8.33% 5
Yorkshire -38 7 £575 +2.22% 5
East of England -20 5 £475 -33.33% 2
West Midlands -31 4 £575 -8.00% 5
East Midlands -13 3 £475 +58.33%
North East - 3 £364 - 1
North West - 3 - - 4
South West -8 2 £400 -36.00% 3
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.06%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.06%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.51%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.45%) AWS
3 5 (5.32%) GCP
3 5 (5.32%) SaaS
4 4 (4.26%) Azure
5 2 (2.13%) Akamai
6 1 (1.06%) dbt
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.06%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) Firewall
2 2 (2.13%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.51%) Power BI
2 3 (3.19%) Tableau
3 1 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.06%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.06%) Essbase
3 1 (1.06%) Looker
3 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.06%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) JIRA
2 3 (3.19%) Git
3 1 (1.06%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.06%) Gatling
3 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.06%) JMeter
3 1 (1.06%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.06%) Selenium
3 1 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (22.34%) Finance
4 13 (13.83%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.32%) Local Government
5 5 (5.32%) Retail
6 4 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.19%) Marketing
8 2 (2.13%) Banking
8 2 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.06%) Advertising
9 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.06%) Law
9 1 (1.06%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (24.47%) Analyst
2 16 (17.02%) Consultant
3 13 (13.83%) User Researcher
4 10 (10.64%) Senior
5 7 (7.45%) Lead
6 6 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.38%) Data Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Architect
7 5 (5.32%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (4.26%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.26%) User Experience Researcher
9 3 (3.19%) Data Architect
9 3 (3.19%) Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Information Analyst
9 3 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.13%) Enterprise Architect
10 2 (2.13%) Performance Analyst
10 2 (2.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) .NET
1 2 (2.13%) Kafka
1 2 (2.13%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.06%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.06%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.06%) Playwright
2 1 (1.06%) PySpark
2 1 (1.06%) React
2 1 (1.06%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.06%) Spring
2 1 (1.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.45%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.06%) FMCG
3 1 (1.06%) Life Science
3 1 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.06%) Replication
3 1 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.19%) Linux
2 1 (1.06%) Android
2 1 (1.06%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (21.28%) Agile
3 19 (20.21%) Analytics
4 18 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (18.09%) User Research
6 14 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (12.77%) User Experience
8 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (11.70%) Qualitative Research
8 11 (11.70%) Risk Management
9 10 (10.64%) AI
9 10 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (10.64%) Decision-Making
10 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (8.51%) Data Strategy
11 8 (8.51%) Quantitative Research
11 8 (8.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 8 (8.51%) Visualisation
12 7 (7.45%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.83%) SQL
2 8 (8.51%) Python
3 2 (2.13%) R
4 1 (1.06%) C
4 1 (1.06%) C#
4 1 (1.06%) C++
4 1 (1.06%) Java
4 1 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.06%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (14.89%) SC Cleared
1 14 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.57%) Degree
3 6 (6.38%) CISSP
4 4 (4.26%) CISM
5 3 (3.19%) CEH
5 3 (3.19%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.13%) CFA
6 2 (2.13%) CISA
6 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.13%) GIAC
6 2 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.13%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.06%) CAPM
7 1 (1.06%) CIMA
7 1 (1.06%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.77%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.45%) NIST
4 4 (4.26%) COBIT
4 4 (4.26%) GDPR
5 3 (3.19%) NCSC
6 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.13%) ITGC
6 2 (2.13%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.13%) QA
6 2 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.13%) SOX 404
7 1 (1.06%) GRC
7 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.06%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (2.13%) CSIRT
1 2 (2.13%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.06%) Grafana
2 1 (1.06%) Kibana
2 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) SAP
3 4 (4.26%) Oracle
3 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.13%) F5
4 2 (2.13%) Splunk
5 1 (1.06%) Databricks
5 1 (1.06%) FireEye
5 1 (1.06%) Intel
5 1 (1.06%) Murex
5 1 (1.06%) NEC
5 1 (1.06%) New Relic
5 1 (1.06%) Northgate
5 1 (1.06%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.06%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.06%) Tanium
5 1 (1.06%) Veracode
5 1 (1.06%) Workday
5 1 (1.06%) Xamarin