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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 448 462
Rank change year-on-year -51 +14 +102
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 130 61 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.60% 1.28% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 41 29
10th Percentile £378 £300 £320
25th Percentile £427 £404 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -19.13% +10.84%
75th Percentile £583 £525 £725
90th Percentile £706 £588 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £575
% change year-on-year +8.11% -19.57% +13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile - - £23.88
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.92% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £50.98 - £36.63
90th Percentile £61.18 - £40.90
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +35.92% -10.71% -

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 8,110 4,755 4,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 17.25% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,103 3,098 2,586
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 229 216
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.06 £17.96 £15.20
Median hourly rate £33.60 £32.00 £30.56
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.71% -13.92%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £63.99
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.80 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £27.09
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.74% -22.60%

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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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -39 73 £525 +16.67% 298
South East -44 18 £475 +2.15% 49
North of England -69 18 £488 +2.63% 49
Midlands -44 10 £475 -7.32% 19
Yorkshire -34 9 £500 -4.76% 17
North West -46 8 £479 +6.39% 30
West Midlands -44 7 £475 -8.21% 17
East of England -27 6 £500 -2.44% 11
South West -44 4 - - 16
East Midlands -15 3 £400 -21.95% 2
North East -39 1 £388 -13.89% 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 6 (4.62%) CMS
2 4 (3.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) CPLEX
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.54%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.77%) SPSS
4 1 (0.77%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (3.08%) Shopify
2 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.08%) Azure
2 13 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 12 (9.23%) AWS
4 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (5.38%) GitHub
6 6 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.85%) Adobe Analytics
7 5 (3.85%) GCP
7 5 (3.85%) Google Analytics
7 5 (3.85%) SaaS
8 4 (3.08%) ChatGPT
8 4 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.08%) Siteimprove
9 3 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (2.31%) Google Gemini
9 3 (2.31%) OCI
9 3 (2.31%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.00%) Broadband
2 2 (1.54%) Network Security
3 1 (0.77%) Firewall
3 1 (0.77%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.77%) LAN
3 1 (0.77%) MQTT
3 1 (0.77%) WAN
3 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.69%) Tableau
2 9 (6.92%) Power BI
3 3 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.54%) Big Data
4 2 (1.54%) Metadata
5 1 (0.77%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.77%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.77%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.77%) Looker
5 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Git
2 5 (3.85%) JMeter
2 5 (3.85%) LoadRunner
3 4 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.08%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 3 (2.31%) Gatling
5 2 (1.54%) eggPlant
5 2 (1.54%) JIRA
5 2 (1.54%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.77%) MLflow
General
1 53 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 38 (29.23%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.15%) Influencing Skills
4 17 (13.08%) Public Sector
5 16 (12.31%) Marketing
6 15 (11.54%) Finance
7 7 (5.38%) Legal
7 7 (5.38%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.85%) Police
8 5 (3.85%) Retail
9 4 (3.08%) Aviation
9 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.08%) Publishing
10 3 (2.31%) Automotive
10 3 (2.31%) Banking
10 3 (2.31%) Law
10 3 (2.31%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (17.69%) Analyst
2 19 (14.62%) Lead
3 18 (13.85%) Senior
4 17 (13.08%) Consultant
5 11 (8.46%) User Researcher
6 8 (6.15%) Architect
6 8 (6.15%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.62%) Data Scientist
8 6 (4.62%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (3.85%) Coordinator
10 4 (3.08%) Configuration Analyst
10 4 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.31%) Performance Engineer
11 3 (2.31%) Performance Test Engineer
11 3 (2.31%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.31%) Research Scientist
11 3 (2.31%) Senior Data Scientist
11 3 (2.31%) Test Engineer
11 3 (2.31%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.46%) ATL
2 5 (3.85%) CSS
2 5 (3.85%) HTML
2 5 (3.85%) Kafka
2 5 (3.85%) Terraform
3 4 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (3.08%) Middleware
4 3 (2.31%) REST
5 2 (1.54%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.54%) OLE
5 2 (1.54%) Pandas
6 1 (0.77%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.77%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.77%) PySpark
6 1 (0.77%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.77%) React
6 1 (0.77%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.77%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (0.77%) Streamlit
6 1 (0.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.54%) Social Media
2 12 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.31%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.31%) NHS
5 3 (2.31%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.54%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.54%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.54%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.77%) Autonomous Agent
7 1 (0.77%) PropTech
7 1 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.77%) Android
1 1 (0.77%) Linux
1 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 42 (32.31%) Decision-Making
3 32 (24.62%) Roadmaps
4 29 (22.31%) Analytics
5 28 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (20.77%) Agile
7 26 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (13.08%) AI
9 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (12.31%) Business Strategy
10 16 (12.31%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (11.54%) GAP Analysis
11 15 (11.54%) Statistical Analysis
11 15 (11.54%) User Research
12 14 (10.77%) Business Analysis
12 14 (10.77%) Service Design
13 13 (10.00%) Qualitative Research
13 13 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.15%) Python
2 27 (20.77%) SQL
3 11 (8.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.08%) R
5 3 (2.31%) Java
6 2 (1.54%) Bicep
6 2 (1.54%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.77%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.46%) Degree
4 2 (1.54%) APMG
4 2 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.54%) CISSP
4 2 (1.54%) IIBA
5 1 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.77%) CCA
5 1 (0.77%) CCSP
5 1 (0.77%) CISA
5 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.77%) PhD
5 1 (0.77%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.77%) PMP
5 1 (0.77%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.23%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.15%) QA
4 7 (5.38%) GDPR
5 4 (3.08%) WCAG
6 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.31%) PMO
7 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.54%) GRC
7 2 (1.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.77%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.77%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.77%) NCSC
8 1 (0.77%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.77%) PERC
8 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.62%) Docker
2 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.85%) Grafana
1 5 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (14.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.69%) Oracle
3 8 (6.15%) Google
4 6 (4.62%) Databricks
5 5 (3.85%) Adobe
5 5 (3.85%) Amplitude
5 5 (3.85%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.85%) Splunk
6 4 (3.08%) IBM
6 4 (3.08%) New Relic
6 4 (3.08%) Optimizely
6 4 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.08%) Sitecore
6 4 (3.08%) Tealium
7 2 (1.54%) Intel
7 2 (1.54%) Planon
7 2 (1.54%) Qualtrics
7 2 (1.54%) SAP
7 2 (1.54%) YouTube
8 1 (0.77%) OpenAI
416 Actionable Recommendations jobs in England