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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 439 493
Rank change year-on-year -70 +54 +115
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 111 61 64
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.44% 1.33% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 42 38
10th Percentile £362 £301 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -17.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £694
90th Percentile £658 £668 £815
UK median daily rate £500 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +9.89% -17.27% +6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £33.98 - £23.88
Median hourly rate £46.24 - £28.00
75th Percentile £60.30 - £36.63
90th Percentile £60.40 - £40.90
UK median hourly rate £46.24 - £28.00

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 7,727 4,576 4,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.17% 16.81% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,952 2,981 3,076
10th Percentile £348 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -2.62%
75th Percentile £611 £623 £630
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 208 344
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.06
25th Percentile £19.30 £18.78 £13.52
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +27.04% -41.18%
75th Percentile £68.92 £65.00 £55.63
90th Percentile £82.25 £86.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +20.23% +24.07% -38.94%

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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 18 July 2026.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in England

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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 18 July 2026. 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 -36 53 £500 +5.60% 23
North of England -74 17 £500 +17.65% 14
South East -52 13 £453 +1.97% 15
Midlands -47 12 £444 -5.08% 4
Yorkshire -39 11 £500 +53.85% 2
West Midlands -53 8 £475 +3.26% 3
East Midlands -11 4 £400 -15.79% 1
East of England -16 4 £485 -3.00% 1
South West -35 4 £525 +75.00% 2
North West -51 4 £485 +7.78% 10
North East - 2 £376 - 2
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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 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.90%) CMS
2 1 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.90%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.90%) SPSS
3 1 (0.90%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.81%) Azure
2 9 (8.11%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.41%) AWS
5 5 (4.50%) GitHub
5 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (3.60%) SaaS
7 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.80%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.80%) Collibra
8 2 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.80%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.80%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Network Security
2 6 (5.41%) Firewall
3 2 (1.80%) NGFW
4 1 (0.90%) BGP
4 1 (0.90%) Broadband
4 1 (0.90%) DHCP
4 1 (0.90%) DNS
4 1 (0.90%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.90%) MPLS
4 1 (0.90%) MQTT
4 1 (0.90%) OSPF
4 1 (0.90%) SMS
4 1 (0.90%) SSL
4 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.90%) VPN
4 1 (0.90%) WAN
4 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.21%) Power BI
2 5 (4.50%) Tableau
3 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.90%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.90%) Looker
5 1 (0.90%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.90%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
1 2 (1.80%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.90%) Git
2 1 (0.90%) JMeter
2 1 (0.90%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.90%) MLflow
2 1 (0.90%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 52 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 41 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.12%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.71%) Finance
5 8 (7.21%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.21%) Marketing
6 7 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.60%) Aviation
9 4 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.60%) Legal
9 4 (3.60%) Police
10 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.70%) Military
10 3 (2.70%) Retail
11 2 (1.80%) Automotive
11 2 (1.80%) Banking
12 1 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Analyst
2 22 (19.82%) Consultant
3 16 (14.41%) Senior
4 13 (11.71%) User Researcher
5 8 (7.21%) Architect
5 8 (7.21%) Business Analyst
5 8 (7.21%) Data Scientist
6 6 (5.41%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.50%) Lead
8 4 (3.60%) User Experience Researcher
9 3 (2.70%) Configuration Analyst
9 3 (2.70%) Coordinator
9 3 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (2.70%) Network Engineer
9 3 (2.70%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.70%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 3 (2.70%) Senior User Researcher
9 3 (2.70%) SEO Consultant
10 2 (1.80%) Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) REST
2 3 (2.70%) Middleware
2 3 (2.70%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.70%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.80%) CSS
3 2 (1.80%) HTML
3 2 (1.80%) Pandas
4 1 (0.90%) ATL
4 1 (0.90%) GeoJSON
4 1 (0.90%) Kafka
4 1 (0.90%) LDAP
4 1 (0.90%) OAuth
4 1 (0.90%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.90%) OLE
4 1 (0.90%) OpenID
4 1 (0.90%) PySpark
4 1 (0.90%) React
4 1 (0.90%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.90%) SAML
4 1 (0.90%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.50%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.60%) NHS
5 3 (2.70%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.70%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.80%) Social Media
7 1 (0.90%) FMCG
7 1 (0.90%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.90%) SCADA
7 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.90%) Android
1 1 (0.90%) Linux
1 1 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 27 (24.32%) Decision-Making
3 26 (23.42%) Agile
3 26 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (22.52%) Roadmaps
5 22 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (18.92%) AI
6 21 (18.92%) Analytics
6 21 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (16.22%) User Research
8 16 (14.41%) User Experience
9 14 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (12.61%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (11.71%) GAP Analysis
11 12 (10.81%) Business Analysis
11 12 (10.81%) Qualitative Research
11 12 (10.81%) Usability Testing
12 11 (9.91%) Data Science
12 11 (9.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.22%) Python
2 17 (15.32%) SQL
3 5 (4.50%) R
4 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.70%) Java
6 2 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.90%) C#
7 1 (0.90%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.91%) Degree
3 9 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.80%) APMG
5 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.80%) CISSP
5 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.80%) IIBA
5 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.80%) PMP
6 1 (0.90%) CCA
6 1 (0.90%) CCIE
6 1 (0.90%) CCNP
6 1 (0.90%) CCSP
6 1 (0.90%) CISM
6 1 (0.90%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.90%) GIAC
6 1 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.01%) Accessibility
1 10 (9.01%) GDPR
2 6 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.41%) WCAG
3 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.50%) PCI DSS
3 5 (4.50%) PMO
3 5 (4.50%) QA
4 4 (3.60%) NIST
5 3 (2.70%) GRC
6 2 (1.80%) NCSC
7 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.90%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.90%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.90%) PERC
7 1 (0.90%) RMADS
7 1 (0.90%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.70%) Terraform
2 2 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.90%) Ansible
3 1 (0.90%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) Oracle
3 4 (3.60%) Google
3 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.70%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.80%) Adobe
5 2 (1.80%) Databricks
5 2 (1.80%) Planon
5 2 (1.80%) Qualtrics
5 2 (1.80%) SAP
6 1 (0.90%) Apple
6 1 (0.90%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco
6 1 (0.90%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.90%) Foundry
6 1 (0.90%) Juniper
6 1 (0.90%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.90%) Wrike
54 Actionable Recommendations jobs in England