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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 443 523
Rank change year-on-year -7 +80 +181
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 98 54 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.19% 0.090%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.78% 1.36% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 32 18
10th Percentile £300 £387 £325
25th Percentile £387 £507 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £588 £494
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +18.99% -14.87%
75th Percentile £588 £678 £575
90th Percentile £697 £859 £622
UK median daily rate £450 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -21.74% +21.05% -18.10%
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 5,500 3,959 5,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.36% 14.22% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,588 2,291 3,530
10th Percentile £313 £264 £325
25th Percentile £407 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 157 220
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.70 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.63 £30.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -8.45% +41.83%
75th Percentile £61.79 £64.73 £61.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.12
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +46.07%

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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 2 January 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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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 2 January 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 +4 52 £500 -23.08% 36
South East -6 18 £449 -13.67% 21
North of England -26 13 £495 -12.00% 7
Yorkshire -44 7 £575 +2.22% 5
Midlands -34 6 £525 +16.67% 5
East of England -16 4 £450 -36.84%
West Midlands -35 4 £575 -4.17% 5
North East - 3 £364 - 1
North West - 3 - - 2
South West -10 2 £400 -36.00% 2
East Midlands -19 2 £463 +54.17%
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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 (2.04%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.02%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.02%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.18%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.14%) SaaS
3 6 (6.12%) AWS
4 5 (5.10%) GCP
5 4 (4.08%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.08%) Slack
6 3 (3.06%) Azure
7 2 (2.04%) Akamai
7 2 (2.04%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.02%) dbt
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.02%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) Firewall
2 2 (2.04%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.02%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.18%) Power BI
1 9 (9.18%) Tableau
2 2 (2.04%) Big Data
3 1 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.02%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.02%) Essbase
3 1 (1.02%) Looker
3 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.02%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (7.14%) JIRA
2 3 (3.06%) Git
3 1 (1.02%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.02%) Gatling
3 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.02%) JMeter
3 1 (1.02%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.02%) Selenium
3 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 31 (31.63%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (20.41%) Finance
4 11 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.10%) Local Government
5 5 (5.10%) Retail
6 3 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Marketing
7 2 (2.04%) Banking
7 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Social Science
7 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.02%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.02%) Law
8 1 (1.02%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (31.63%) Analyst
2 15 (15.31%) Consultant
3 10 (10.20%) User Researcher
4 9 (9.18%) Senior
5 8 (8.16%) Data Analyst
5 8 (8.16%) Lead
6 6 (6.12%) User Experience Researcher
7 5 (5.10%) Architect
7 5 (5.10%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.10%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (5.10%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (4.08%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (3.06%) Data Architect
9 3 (3.06%) Developer
9 3 (3.06%) Information Analyst
9 3 (3.06%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.06%) Salesforce Analyst
9 3 (3.06%) Security Analyst
10 2 (2.04%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) .NET
1 2 (2.04%) Kafka
1 2 (2.04%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.02%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.02%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.02%) Playwright
2 1 (1.02%) PySpark
2 1 (1.02%) React
2 1 (1.02%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.02%) Spring
2 1 (1.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.18%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.04%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.04%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.02%) FMCG
3 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.02%) Life Science
3 1 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.02%) Replication
3 1 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.06%) Linux
2 1 (1.02%) Android
2 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 25 (25.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (20.41%) Analytics
4 19 (19.39%) Agile
5 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (15.31%) Risk Management
6 15 (15.31%) User Research
7 14 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 14 (14.29%) User Experience
8 13 (13.27%) Qualitative Research
8 13 (13.27%) Visualisation
9 12 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (10.20%) AI
10 10 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (9.18%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (9.18%) Usability Testing
12 8 (8.16%) Data Visualisation
12 8 (8.16%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.31%) SQL
2 10 (10.20%) Python
3 4 (4.08%) R
4 1 (1.02%) C
4 1 (1.02%) C#
4 1 (1.02%) C++
4 1 (1.02%) Java
4 1 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.22%) Degree
2 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.10%) CISSP
4 3 (3.06%) CEH
4 3 (3.06%) CISM
4 3 (3.06%) Postgraduate
5 2 (2.04%) CFA
5 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) GIAC
5 2 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.02%) CAPM
6 1 (1.02%) CIMA
6 1 (1.02%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.02%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.24%) Data Quality
2 9 (9.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.12%) NIST
4 5 (5.10%) QA
5 3 (3.06%) COBIT
5 3 (3.06%) GDPR
5 3 (3.06%) GRC
5 3 (3.06%) NCSC
6 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.04%) ITGC
6 2 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.04%) SOX 404
7 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.02%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (2.04%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.02%) Grafana
2 1 (1.02%) Kibana
2 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.02%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) SAP
3 5 (5.10%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.08%) Google
4 4 (4.08%) Oracle
5 3 (3.06%) Databricks
5 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.04%) F5
6 2 (2.04%) Splunk
7 1 (1.02%) FireEye
7 1 (1.02%) Intel
7 1 (1.02%) Murex
7 1 (1.02%) NEC
7 1 (1.02%) New Relic
7 1 (1.02%) Northgate
7 1 (1.02%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.02%) Tanium
7 1 (1.02%) Veracode
7 1 (1.02%) Workday
7 1 (1.02%) Xamarin