Actionable Recommendations Contracts in England

Actionable Recommendations
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Actionable Recommendations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 646 750
Rank change year-on-year +165 +104 -152
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 55 14 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.028% 0.053%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.04% 0.21% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 12 33
10th Percentile £284 £153 £450
25th Percentile £325 £336 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £650
90th Percentile £800 £645 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +13.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.78 - -
25th Percentile £22.56 - -
Median hourly rate £25.25 - -
75th Percentile £28.06 - -
90th Percentile £28.93 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.87 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Actionable Recommendations 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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,292 6,775 9,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.22% 13.33% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 4,592 6,427
10th Percentile £302 £275 £289
25th Percentile £413 £407 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 216 258
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.94 £11.75
25th Percentile £12.96 £19.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.55 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.64% +54.55% +31.26%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.25 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £20.46 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.44% +31.58% +35.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 24 April 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
London +116 22 £533 -7.30% 25
Midlands +55 18 £642 +342.67% 10
West Midlands +49 18 £642 +342.67% 5
North of England +48 12 £350 -39.13% 5
North West +27 9 £350 -41.67% 4
North East - 2 £513 -
Yorkshire +24 1 £400 -27.27% 1
East of England - 1 £425 - 5
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Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.45%) Google Analytics
2 3 (5.45%) Google Workspace
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.45%) Slack
3 2 (3.64%) AWS
4 1 (1.82%) Azure
4 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection
1 15 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) DNS
2 1 (1.82%) Internet
2 1 (1.82%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (27.27%) Big Data
2 6 (10.91%) Power BI
3 3 (5.45%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.64%) Power Query
4 2 (3.64%) Tableau
5 1 (1.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 32 (58.18%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Finance
3 9 (16.36%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.73%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Marketing
5 3 (5.45%) Retail
6 2 (3.64%) Military
7 1 (1.82%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Analyst
2 11 (20.00%) User Researcher
3 8 (14.55%) Senior
4 6 (10.91%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (3.64%) Solutions Consultant
8 1 (1.82%) Business Manager
8 1 (1.82%) Financial Analyst
8 1 (1.82%) Information Security Officer
8 1 (1.82%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 1 (1.82%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (1.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.27%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (27.27%) Distributed Applications
2 13 (23.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.64%) NHS
5 2 (3.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (27.27%) Windows
2 13 (23.64%) Android
2 13 (23.64%) Apple iOS
2 13 (23.64%) Linux
2 13 (23.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 19 (34.55%) Analytics
3 17 (30.91%) Agile
3 17 (30.91%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (30.91%) Data Management
3 17 (30.91%) Information Security
4 16 (29.09%) Security Architecture
5 15 (27.27%) Data Analysis
5 15 (27.27%) Data Engineering
5 15 (27.27%) SIEM
6 14 (25.45%) Data Pipeline
7 13 (23.64%) Kalman Filter
7 13 (23.64%) Security Operations
8 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (20.00%) User Research
9 10 (18.18%) User Experience
9 10 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 9 (16.36%) Decision-Making
10 9 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (14.55%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 13 (23.64%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.91%) Degree
4 2 (3.64%) CISM
4 2 (3.64%) CISSP
4 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.82%) ACCA
5 1 (1.82%) CBAP
5 1 (1.82%) CCA
5 1 (1.82%) CCNP
5 1 (1.82%) CCSK
5 1 (1.82%) CCSP
5 1 (1.82%) CEH
5 1 (1.82%) CIMA
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.82%) CSSLP
5 1 (1.82%) IIBA
5 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.64%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) SLA
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.82%) GRC
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) Red Hat
2 6 (10.91%) Google
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.64%) Qualys
5 1 (1.82%) Brio
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco
5 1 (1.82%) Salesforce