Critical Success Factor Contracts in England

Critical Success Factors
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Critical Success Factor skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Critical Success Factor over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 533 642
Rank change year-on-year +52 +109 +77
Contract jobs citing Critical Success Factor 5 8 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.022% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.025% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 19
10th Percentile £433 £298 £413
25th Percentile £444 £325 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +5.77% -3.26%
75th Percentile £488 £925 £619
90th Percentile - £933 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -13.64% +7.84% +2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Critical Success Factor falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Critical Success Factor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Critical Success Factor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Success Factor in England

Critical Success Factor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Success Factor in England.

Daily rate trend for Critical Success Factor in England

Critical Success Factor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Success Factor in England.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Success Factor in England

Critical Success Factor
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 Critical Success Factor within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
North of England +25 3 £475 -47.22%
North West - 3 £475 -
South East +45 1 - -
London +39 1 - - 4
Critical Success Factor
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Critical Success Factor
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Change Support
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Map
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BMC
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft