Minimum Viable Product Contracts in England

Minimum Viable Product
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Minimum Viable Product skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Minimum Viable Product over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 546 670
Rank change year-on-year +23 +124 -105
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 31 99 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 77 78
10th Percentile £380 - £463
25th Percentile £538 £440 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £647
90th Percentile £655 - £700
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £546
% change year-on-year +27.78% -17.62% +1.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Minimum Viable Product is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Minimum Viable Product
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Minimum Viable Product as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Minimum Viable Product in England

Minimum Viable Product
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in England.

Daily rate trend for Minimum Viable Product in England

Minimum Viable Product
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Minimum Viable Product in England

Minimum Viable Product
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 Minimum Viable Product within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +53 18 £600 +33.33% 4
South West +23 5 £625 +13.64% 3
Midlands +33 3 £375 -21.05% 2
West Midlands +28 3 £375 -21.05% 2
North of England +26 3 - - 1
North West +21 2 - - 1
South East -12 1 £300 -33.33% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Minimum Viable Product
UK

Minimum Viable Product
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 7 (22.58%) Public Sector
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Law
3 1 (3.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
1 7 (22.58%) Senior
2 6 (19.35%) Business Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Lead
3 5 (16.13%) Product Manager
4 4 (12.90%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Scrum Master
6 2 (6.45%) Designer
6 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Designer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Service Designer
6 2 (6.45%) Service Designer
7 1 (3.23%) Business Process Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Desktop Manager
7 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) CSS
1 2 (6.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.90%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Agile
2 14 (45.16%) User Stories
3 9 (29.03%) Mentoring
4 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
4 7 (22.58%) Test Automation
4 7 (22.58%) User Research
5 6 (19.35%) Data Science
5 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (19.35%) Prototyping
6 5 (16.13%) Business Strategy
6 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (16.13%) DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) DevSecOps
6 5 (16.13%) Ethical Hacking
6 5 (16.13%) Product Management
6 5 (16.13%) Security Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (16.13%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
7 4 (12.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) Degree
3 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
5 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
5 3 (9.68%) PMP
6 1 (3.23%) ISEB
6 1 (3.23%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (3.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) F5
1 1 (3.23%) Imperva
1 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow