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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 440 484
Rank change year-on-year -72 +44 +127
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 102 59 69
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.23% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.37% 1.40% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 42 42
10th Percentile £360 £301 £325
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -0.90%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £669
90th Percentile £650 £634 £795
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% -
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 7,445 4,209 5,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.01% 16.50% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,803 2,726 3,143
10th Percentile £350 £270 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £712 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 183 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £21.60 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +34.41% -42.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £82.08 £84.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £31.57 £23.80
% change year-on-year +14.27% +32.63% -36.95%

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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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -67 51 £475 +0.64% 35
North of England -68 18 £500 +25.00% 16
Yorkshire -46 13 £500 +60.00% 4
Midlands -53 10 £413 -9.04% 4
South East -65 10 £453 -2.69% 18
West Midlands -51 6 £463 +0.54% 4
East Midlands -13 4 £400 -10.51%
East of England -24 3 £485 -3.00% 3
South West -28 3 £525 +13.51% 3
North West -46 3 £550 +22.22% 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 (1.96%) Confluence
1 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.98%) SPSS
3 1 (0.98%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.78%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.90%) AWS
4 5 (4.90%) GitHub
4 5 (4.90%) SaaS
5 4 (3.92%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.94%) Figma
6 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.94%) Slack
7 2 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.96%) Collibra
7 2 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) Network Security
2 7 (6.86%) Firewall
3 3 (2.94%) NGFW
4 1 (0.98%) BGP
4 1 (0.98%) DHCP
4 1 (0.98%) DNS
4 1 (0.98%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.98%) LAN
4 1 (0.98%) MPLS
4 1 (0.98%) MQTT
4 1 (0.98%) OSPF
4 1 (0.98%) SMS
4 1 (0.98%) SSL
4 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.98%) WAN
4 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Power BI
1 6 (5.88%) Tableau
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.98%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.98%) Looker
4 1 (0.98%) Metadata
4 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.98%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) JMeter
2 1 (0.98%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.98%) MLflow
2 1 (0.98%) PowerBuilder
General
1 47 (46.08%) Social Skills
2 39 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (20.59%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Finance
5 6 (5.88%) Marketing
5 6 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Legal
8 3 (2.94%) Aviation
8 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.94%) Military
9 2 (1.96%) Automotive
9 2 (1.96%) Banking
9 2 (1.96%) Retail
10 1 (0.98%) Billing
10 1 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (20.59%) Analyst
1 21 (20.59%) Consultant
2 19 (18.63%) Senior
3 16 (15.69%) User Researcher
4 6 (5.88%) Architect
4 6 (5.88%) Data Scientist
4 6 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (4.90%) Business Analyst
5 5 (4.90%) Data Analyst
5 5 (4.90%) User Experience Researcher
6 4 (3.92%) Network Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Senior User Researcher
7 3 (2.94%) Designer
7 3 (2.94%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (2.94%) Security Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Senior Designer
7 3 (2.94%) Senior User Experience Researcher
7 3 (2.94%) SEO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) REST
2 3 (2.94%) Middleware
2 3 (2.94%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.94%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.98%) CSS
3 1 (0.98%) Django
3 1 (0.98%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.98%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
3 1 (0.98%) Kafka
3 1 (0.98%) LDAP
3 1 (0.98%) OAuth
3 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.98%) OpenID
3 1 (0.98%) PySpark
3 1 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.98%) React
3 1 (0.98%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.98%) SAML
3 1 (0.98%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.84%) Security Posture
2 6 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.90%) AI Agents
3 5 (4.90%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.92%) NHS
5 3 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.94%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.98%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Android
1 1 (0.98%) Linux
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 28 (27.45%) Agile
3 24 (23.53%) User Research
4 23 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (20.59%) AI
6 21 (20.59%) Decision-Making
6 21 (20.59%) Roadmaps
6 21 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (19.61%) Analytics
8 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (16.67%) User Experience
9 16 (15.69%) Qualitative Research
10 15 (14.71%) Usability Testing
11 12 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 11 (10.78%) Quantitative Research
12 11 (10.78%) Service Design
13 9 (8.82%) Risk Management
13 9 (8.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.75%) Python
1 13 (12.75%) SQL
2 4 (3.92%) R
3 3 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.98%) C#
5 1 (0.98%) Groovy
5 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.78%) Degree
2 11 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.96%) CISSP
4 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.96%) PMP
5 1 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.98%) CCA
5 1 (0.98%) CCIE
5 1 (0.98%) CCNP
5 1 (0.98%) CCSP
5 1 (0.98%) CISM
5 1 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.98%) GIAC
5 1 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.80%) GDPR
2 9 (8.82%) Accessibility
3 7 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.88%) WCAG
5 5 (4.90%) GRC
5 5 (4.90%) NIST
6 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
6 4 (3.92%) PMO
6 4 (3.92%) QA
7 2 (1.96%) NCSC
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.98%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.98%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.98%) PERC
8 1 (0.98%) RMADS
8 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.94%) Terraform
2 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.98%) Ansible
3 1 (0.98%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) Google
2 5 (4.90%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.92%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.92%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.94%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle
5 2 (1.96%) Databricks
5 2 (1.96%) Planon
5 2 (1.96%) Qualtrics
5 2 (1.96%) SAP
6 1 (0.98%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.98%) Arista
6 1 (0.98%) Avid
6 1 (0.98%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.98%) New Relic
6 1 (0.98%) Pardot
6 1 (0.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.98%) Wrike