Junior Contracts in England

The median contractor rate for a Junior was £250 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Junior UK / England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	319	350	318
Rank change year-on-year	+31	-32
Contract jobs requiring a Junior	286	303	339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.67%	0.62%	0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.71%	0.65%	0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted	159	192	196
Median daily rate	£250	£216	£200
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+15.60%	+8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£115	£113	£105
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£400	£335	£349
UK excluding London median daily rate	£210	£220	£200
% change year-on-year	-4.54%	+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	13	19	27
Median hourly rate	£15.00	£15.00	£14.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.20	£8.96	£10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£25.80	£24.70	£19.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.07	£15.00	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.46%	-6.25%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles England
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	40257	46300	48376
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	94.74%	95.04%	94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	26259	30600	30961
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£263	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1226	1356	1863
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£43.55	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England that featured Junior in the job title.

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Junior in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Junior in England

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Junior in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Junior in England

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Junior in England

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Junior in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Junior in England

Junior
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 Junior within the England region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+8	143	£290	+28.88%	129
South East	+39	57	£195	+11.42%	69
North West	+29	19	£160	-41.81%	42
Yorkshire	+20	14	£125	-28.05%	22
East of England	-4	14	£225	+51.26%	31
East Midlands	-6	13	£300	-7.69%	19
West Midlands	+12	12	£235	-21.66%	25
South West	+2	12	£213	-7.60%	27
North East	+52	2	-	-	5
South Coast	-	1	-	-
Junior UK

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, Junior contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1	138 (24.38%)	Finance
2	96 (16.96%)	Degree
3	91 (16.08%)	Agile Software Development
4	87 (15.37%)	Project Management
5	77 (13.60%)	Microsoft
6	72 (12.72%)	HTML
7	70 (12.37%)	Microsoft Excel
8	68 (12.01%)	CSS
9	66 (11.66%)	SQL
10	60 (10.60%)	Microsoft Office
11	59 (10.42%)	JavaScript
12	54 (9.54%)	Banking
13	51 (9.01%)	Computer Science
14	50 (8.83%)	PMO
15	48 (8.48%)	Windows

15	48 (8.48%)	Stakeholder Management
16	44 (7.77%)	Python
17	42 (7.42%)	Analytical Skills
18	40 (7.07%)	C#
19	39 (6.89%)	SQL Server
20	34 (6.01%)	ITIL
20	34 (6.01%)	PRINCE2
21	33 (5.83%)	.NET
21	33 (5.83%)	Migration
21	33 (5.83%)	Telecoms
21	33 (5.83%)	Marketing
22	31 (5.48%)	JIRA
22	31 (5.48%)	Java
23	30 (5.30%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
24	28 (4.95%)	Web Development

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	28 (4.95%)	SharePoint
2	15 (2.65%)	CMS
3	11 (1.94%)	Apache Spark
4	10 (1.77%)	Confluence
5	9 (1.59%)	SAS
5	9 (1.59%)	WebSphere
6	8 (1.41%)	Apache
7	5 (0.88%)	WordPress
8	4 (0.71%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
8	4 (0.71%)	Drupal
8	4 (0.71%)	IBM Notes
8	4 (0.71%)	MS Exchange
9	3 (0.53%)	Elasticsearch
9	3 (0.53%)	nginx
9	3 (0.53%)	SharePoint 2013
9	3 (0.53%)	Skype for Business
9	3 (0.53%)	Tomcat
10	2 (0.35%)	Documentum
10	2 (0.35%)	Moodle
10	2 (0.35%)	OpenStack

Applications
1	70 (12.37%)	Microsoft Excel
2	60 (10.60%)	Microsoft Office
3	30 (5.30%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	19 (3.36%)	Photoshop
5	16 (2.83%)	Microsoft Project
6	12 (2.12%)	Adobe Illustrator
7	11 (1.94%)	MS Visio
7	11 (1.94%)	Spreadsheet
8	6 (1.06%)	Adobe Creative Suite
8	6 (1.06%)	InDesign
9	2 (0.35%)	Adobe After Effects
9	2 (0.35%)	SPSS
10	1 (0.18%)	Adobe Premiere
10	1 (0.18%)	CINEMA 4D
10	1 (0.18%)	HipChat
10	1 (0.18%)	UXPin

Business Applications
1	4 (0.71%)	Eloqua
1	4 (0.71%)	FastStats
2	3 (0.53%)	Oracle EBS R12
2	3 (0.53%)	Payment Gateway
2	3 (0.53%)	SDL Web 8
3	1 (0.18%)	Dynamics AX
3	1 (0.18%)	Dynamics CRM
3	1 (0.18%)	Dynamics NAV
3	1 (0.18%)	OpenCart
3	1 (0.18%)	Oracle Applications
3	1 (0.18%)	Oracle EBS
3	1 (0.18%)	Oracle ERP
3	1 (0.18%)	Remedy ITSM
3	1 (0.18%)	SAP Business One
3	1 (0.18%)	SAP MM
3	1 (0.18%)	SAP S/4HANA
3	1 (0.18%)	SAP SD
3	1 (0.18%)	Summit

Cloud Services
1	13 (2.30%)	Amazon AWS
2	8 (1.41%)	Microsoft Azure
2	8 (1.41%)	Office 365
3	6 (1.06%)	GitHub
4	2 (0.35%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
4	2 (0.35%)	OpenShift
5	1 (0.18%)	Amazon CloudWatch
5	1 (0.18%)	Amazon S3
5	1 (0.18%)	Google Cloud Platform
5	1 (0.18%)	Heroku
5	1 (0.18%)	IBM Cloud
5	1 (0.18%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.18%)	SoftLayer
5	1 (0.18%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	12 (2.12%)	Internet
2	6 (1.06%)	TCP/IP
2	6 (1.06%)	VoIP
3	5 (0.88%)	Firewall
3	5 (0.88%)	HTTP
3	5 (0.88%)	Skype
3	5 (0.88%)	Wireless
4	4 (0.71%)	Ethernet
4	4 (0.71%)	LAN
4	4 (0.71%)	VPN
4	4 (0.71%)	WAN
5	3 (0.53%)	DNS
5	3 (0.53%)	Extranet
5	3 (0.53%)	Network Security
5	3 (0.53%)	WebEx
6	2 (0.35%)	4G
6	2 (0.35%)	Cisco IOS
6	2 (0.35%)	Cisco Nexus
6	2 (0.35%)	Intranet
6	2 (0.35%)	Junos

Database & Business Intelligence
1	39 (6.89%)	SQL Server
2	26 (4.59%)	Big Data
3	15 (2.65%)	MySQL
4	13 (2.30%)	Hadoop
5	11 (1.94%)	Relational Database
6	9 (1.59%)	MongoDB
6	9 (1.59%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	7 (1.24%)	QlikView
7	7 (1.24%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	6 (1.06%)	MS Access
9	5 (0.88%)	Oracle Database
9	5 (0.88%)	PostgreSQL
10	4 (0.71%)	Data Mining
10	4 (0.71%)	Data Warehouse
10	4 (0.71%)	NoSQL
10	4 (0.71%)	Spotfire
10	4 (0.71%)	SQL Server 2012
11	3 (0.53%)	Oracle Reports
11	3 (0.53%)	SQL Server 2008
12	2 (0.35%)	Apache Cassandra

Development Applications
1	31 (5.48%)	JIRA
2	25 (4.42%)	Git (software)
3	14 (2.47%)	Jenkins
4	8 (1.41%)	Visual Studio
5	6 (1.06%)	Maven
5	6 (1.06%)	Subversion
6	5 (0.88%)	JUnit
6	5 (0.88%)	Selenium
6	5 (0.88%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6	5 (0.88%)	Team Foundation Server
7	4 (0.71%)	Dreamweaver
7	4 (0.71%)	Vagrant
8	3 (0.53%)	Axure RP
8	3 (0.53%)	Cucumber
9	2 (0.35%)	Bitbucket
9	2 (0.35%)	Bower
9	2 (0.35%)	Gradle
9	2 (0.35%)	Mercurial
9	2 (0.35%)	Mocha
9	2 (0.35%)	Mockito

General
1	138 (24.38%)	Finance
2	54 (9.54%)	Banking
3	33 (5.83%)	Marketing
3	33 (5.83%)	Telecoms
4	21 (3.71%)	Retail
5	20 (3.53%)	Investment Banking
6	18 (3.18%)	Advertising
7	15 (2.65%)	Front Office
8	14 (2.47%)	Legal
9	13 (2.30%)	Back Office
10	10 (1.77%)	French Language
11	7 (1.24%)	Financial Institution
11	7 (1.24%)	Law
12	6 (1.06%)	Games
12	6 (1.06%)	Manufacturing
13	5 (0.88%)	Publishing
14	3 (0.53%)	Automotive
14	3 (0.53%)	German Language
14	3 (0.53%)	Multimedia
14	3 (0.53%)	Pharmaceutical

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	72 (12.72%)	HTML
2	68 (12.01%)	CSS
3	33 (5.83%)	.NET
4	28 (4.95%)	jQuery
5	25 (4.42%)	HTML5
6	22 (3.89%)	CSS3
7	18 (3.18%)	ASP.NET
8	12 (2.12%)	AngularJS
9	10 (1.77%)	XML
10	9 (1.59%)	REST
11	7 (1.24%)	RESTful
11	7 (1.24%)	Spring
12	6 (1.06%)	.NET Framework
12	6 (1.06%)	Classic ASP
12	6 (1.06%)	Django
12	6 (1.06%)	JSON
12	6 (1.06%)	Natural Language Processing
12	6 (1.06%)	Node.js
12	6 (1.06%)	React
12	6 (1.06%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	51 (9.01%)	Computer Science
2	42 (7.42%)	Analytical Skills
3	13 (2.30%)	Video Conferencing
4	10 (1.77%)	Hedge funds
4	10 (1.77%)	User Experience
5	9 (1.59%)	Data Centre
5	9 (1.59%)	Fintech
6	8 (1.41%)	Credit Risk
6	8 (1.41%)	Management Information System
6	8 (1.41%)	Market Risk
6	8 (1.41%)	NHS
7	7 (1.24%)	Derivative
8	5 (0.88%)	Driving Licence
8	5 (0.88%)	FMCG
8	5 (0.88%)	Security Operations Centre
8	5 (0.88%)	STB
9	4 (0.71%)	Algorithms
9	4 (0.71%)	Data Protection Act
9	4 (0.71%)	e-Learning
9	4 (0.71%)	Mobile App

Operating Systems
1	48 (8.48%)	Windows
2	28 (4.95%)	Linux
3	12 (2.12%)	Windows 7
4	10 (1.77%)	Unix
5	9 (1.59%)	Windows 10
6	7 (1.24%)	Windows Server
7	5 (0.88%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	4 (0.71%)	Solaris
9	3 (0.53%)	Android
9	3 (0.53%)	Mac OS
9	3 (0.53%)	Mac OS X
9	3 (0.53%)	Windows 8
9	3 (0.53%)	Windows XP
10	2 (0.35%)	AIX
10	2 (0.35%)	Apple iOS
10	2 (0.35%)	Ubuntu
11	1 (0.18%)	CentOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	91 (16.08%)	Agile Software Development
2	87 (15.37%)	Project Management
3	48 (8.48%)	Stakeholder Management
4	34 (6.01%)	ITIL
4	34 (6.01%)	PRINCE2
5	33 (5.83%)	Migration
6	28 (4.95%)	Web Development
7	24 (4.24%)	Business Intelligence
7	24 (4.24%)	Scrum
8	22 (3.89%)	Analytics
8	22 (3.89%)	Mathematics
9	21 (3.71%)	Business Analysis
9	21 (3.71%)	Change Management
9	21 (3.71%)	Front End Development
10	20 (3.53%)	Waterfall
11	19 (3.36%)	DevOps
11	19 (3.36%)	OO
12	16 (2.83%)	TDD
13	15 (2.65%)	E-Commerce
13	15 (2.65%)	Machine Learning

Programming Languages
1	66 (11.66%)	SQL
2	59 (10.42%)	JavaScript
3	44 (7.77%)	Python
4	40 (7.07%)	C#
5	31 (5.48%)	Java
6	15 (2.65%)	R
7	13 (2.30%)	VBA
8	10 (1.77%)	PHP
8	10 (1.77%)	Scala
9	9 (1.59%)	T-SQL
10	8 (1.41%)	VB.NET
11	6 (1.06%)	Bash Shell
11	6 (1.06%)	Shell Script
11	6 (1.06%)	VB
12	5 (0.88%)	C
12	5 (0.88%)	Perl
12	5 (0.88%)	PowerShell
13	4 (0.71%)	C++
13	4 (0.71%)	Ruby
14	3 (0.53%)	PL/SQL

Qualifications
1	96 (16.96%)	Degree
2	28 (4.95%)	Computer Science Degree
3	22 (3.89%)	Security Cleared
4	16 (2.83%)	SC Cleared
5	10 (1.77%)	Numerate Degree
5	10 (1.77%)	PRINCE2 Certification
6	8 (1.41%)	PMI Certification
6	8 (1.41%)	PMP
7	7 (1.24%)	Cisco Certification
8	6 (1.06%)	ITIL Certification
8	6 (1.06%)	PhD
9	5 (0.88%)	CCNA
9	5 (0.88%)	ISEB
9	5 (0.88%)	ISTQB
9	5 (0.88%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
10	3 (0.53%)	CTC Cleared
10	3 (0.53%)	Postgraduate
11	2 (0.35%)	ACCA
11	2 (0.35%)	CCNP
11	2 (0.35%)	CIMA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	50 (8.83%)	PMO
2	11 (1.94%)	QA
3	10 (1.77%)	SLA
4	7 (1.24%)	Data Quality
5	6 (1.06%)	GDPR
6	5 (0.88%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	4 (0.71%)	MiFID
8	2 (0.35%)	GxP
8	2 (0.35%)	Solvency II
9	1 (0.18%)	ISO/IEC 20000
9	1 (0.18%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	22 (3.89%)	Active Directory
2	5 (0.88%)	Docker
3	3 (0.53%)	vCloud
3	3 (0.53%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	1 (0.18%)	Firmware
4	1 (0.18%)	Postfix
4	1 (0.18%)	Squid
4	1 (0.18%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	14 (2.47%)	Ansible
2	7 (1.24%)	Puppet
3	5 (0.88%)	Opscode Chef
4	4 (0.71%)	AirWatch
4	4 (0.71%)	HP Quality Center
4	4 (0.71%)	Terraform
5	3 (0.53%)	MOM
6	2 (0.35%)	Kubernetes
6	2 (0.35%)	Salt
7	1 (0.18%)	BMC PATROL
7	1 (0.18%)	Data Guard
7	1 (0.18%)	Docker Swarm
7	1 (0.18%)	Kibana
7	1 (0.18%)	logstash
7	1 (0.18%)	Netcool
7	1 (0.18%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
7	1 (0.18%)	Oracle RMAN
7	1 (0.18%)	Rancher
7	1 (0.18%)	SCCM
7	1 (0.18%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	77 (13.60%)	Microsoft
2	20 (3.53%)	Oracle
3	17 (3.00%)	Adobe
4	14 (2.47%)	Cisco
5	12 (2.12%)	Salesforce.com
5	12 (2.12%)	SAP
6	7 (1.24%)	Apple
6	7 (1.24%)	Citrix
6	7 (1.24%)	Tableau
6	7 (1.24%)	VMware
7	6 (1.06%)	Remedy
8	5 (0.88%)	HP
9	4 (0.71%)	Alteryx
9	4 (0.71%)	Apteco
9	4 (0.71%)	Atlassian
9	4 (0.71%)	Cloudera
9	4 (0.71%)	Hortonworks
9	4 (0.71%)	Huawei
9	4 (0.71%)	Lotus
9	4 (0.71%)	ServiceNow