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

 6 months to
20 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 457 474
Rank change year-on-year -43 +17 +84
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 138 64 60
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.68% 1.33% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 43 31
10th Percentile £380 £303 £413
25th Percentile £433 £407 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £513 £725
90th Percentile £691 £588 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +12.20%
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 8,221 4,805 4,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.75% 17.30% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,166 3,142 2,571
10th Percentile £328 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £758
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 596 224 213
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +2.78% -15.68%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.54 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.00 £82.93 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.82%

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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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -32 75 £525 +16.67% 275
South East -53 19 £575 +28.64% 50
North of England -59 19 £488 +2.63% 49
Yorkshire -44 10 £500 -4.76% 15
Midlands -48 10 £475 -7.32% 20
North West -41 8 £479 +6.39% 32
East of England -23 7 £500 -2.44% 12
West Midlands -45 7 £475 -17.39% 17
South West -33 4 - - 16
East Midlands -18 3 £400 -15.79% 3
North East -42 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 (4.35%) CMS
2 4 (2.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.90%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (1.45%) Confluence
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.90%) CPLEX
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.45%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (2.90%) Shopify
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.32%) Azure
2 15 (10.87%) Power Platform
3 12 (8.70%) AWS
4 9 (6.52%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (5.07%) GitHub
6 6 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.62%) Adobe Analytics
7 5 (3.62%) GCP
7 5 (3.62%) Google Analytics
7 5 (3.62%) SaaS
8 4 (2.90%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.90%) Siteimprove
8 4 (2.90%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.17%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.17%) Google Gemini
9 3 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.42%) Broadband
2 2 (1.45%) Multicast
2 2 (1.45%) Network Security
2 2 (1.45%) VLAN
3 1 (0.72%) Firewall
3 1 (0.72%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.72%) LAN
3 1 (0.72%) MQTT
3 1 (0.72%) WAN
3 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.97%) Power BI
1 11 (7.97%) Tableau
2 3 (2.17%) Metadata
2 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.45%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Looker
4 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.80%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) JMeter
2 5 (3.62%) LoadRunner
3 4 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.90%) JIRA
3 4 (2.90%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 3 (2.17%) Gatling
5 2 (1.45%) eggPlant
5 2 (1.45%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.72%) MLflow
General
1 55 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 39 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.22%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (14.49%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.59%) Marketing
6 15 (10.87%) Finance
7 8 (5.80%) Legal
8 7 (5.07%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.62%) Police
9 5 (3.62%) Retail
10 4 (2.90%) Aviation
10 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.90%) Publishing
10 4 (2.90%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.17%) Automotive
11 3 (2.17%) Banking
11 3 (2.17%) Law
12 2 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (17.39%) Analyst
2 19 (13.77%) Lead
3 18 (13.04%) Senior
4 17 (12.32%) Consultant
5 14 (10.14%) User Researcher
6 8 (5.80%) Architect
6 8 (5.80%) Business Analyst
6 8 (5.80%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.35%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.35%) Data Scientist
7 6 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (2.90%) Configuration Analyst
8 4 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.17%) Performance Engineer
9 3 (2.17%) Performance Test Engineer
9 3 (2.17%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.17%) Research Scientist
9 3 (2.17%) Senior Data Scientist
9 3 (2.17%) Test Engineer
9 3 (2.17%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.97%) ATL
2 5 (3.62%) CSS
2 5 (3.62%) HTML
2 5 (3.62%) Kafka
2 5 (3.62%) Terraform
3 4 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.90%) Middleware
4 3 (2.17%) REST
5 2 (1.45%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.45%) OLE
5 2 (1.45%) Pandas
6 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.72%) PySpark
6 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.72%) React
6 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.72%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (0.72%) Streamlit
6 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.87%) Social Media
2 13 (9.42%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.90%) NHS
4 4 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.17%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.45%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.45%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.72%) Autonomous Agent
7 1 (0.72%) PropTech
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Android
1 1 (0.72%) Linux
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 44 (31.88%) Decision-Making
3 32 (23.19%) Roadmaps
3 32 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (21.74%) Agile
4 30 (21.74%) Analytics
4 30 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.77%) AI
6 19 (13.77%) User Research
7 18 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (12.32%) Service Design
9 16 (11.59%) Business Strategy
9 16 (11.59%) GAP Analysis
9 16 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (10.87%) Business Analysis
10 15 (10.87%) Statistical Analysis
11 14 (10.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 14 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 35 (25.36%) Python
2 28 (20.29%) SQL
3 11 (7.97%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.90%) R
5 3 (2.17%) Java
6 2 (1.45%) Bicep
6 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.45%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.77%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.97%) Degree
4 2 (1.45%) APMG
4 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.45%) CISSP
4 2 (1.45%) IIBA
5 1 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.72%) CCA
5 1 (0.72%) CCSP
5 1 (0.72%) CISA
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.72%) PhD
5 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.72%) PMP
5 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.14%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.42%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.80%) QA
4 7 (5.07%) GDPR
5 5 (3.62%) WCAG
6 4 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (2.17%) PMO
8 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.45%) GRC
8 2 (1.45%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.45%) NIST
9 1 (0.72%) GxP
9 1 (0.72%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.72%) NCSC
9 1 (0.72%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.72%) PERC
9 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.35%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.62%) Grafana
1 5 (3.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.25%) Oracle
3 8 (5.80%) Google
4 6 (4.35%) Databricks
5 5 (3.62%) Adobe
5 5 (3.62%) Amplitude
5 5 (3.62%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.62%) Splunk
6 4 (2.90%) IBM
6 4 (2.90%) New Relic
6 4 (2.90%) Optimizely
6 4 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.90%) Sitecore
6 4 (2.90%) Tealium
7 3 (2.17%) YouTube
8 2 (1.45%) Intel
8 2 (1.45%) Planon
8 2 (1.45%) Qualtrics
8 2 (1.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.72%) OpenAI
402 Actionable Recommendations jobs in England