MoSCoW Contracts in England

MoSCoW Method
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MoSCoW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MoSCoW over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 633 759
Rank change year-on-year +98 +126 -137
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 14 13 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.027% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.029% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 17
10th Percentile £325 £241 £362
25th Percentile £349 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% -11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £506 £406 £488
90th Percentile £600 £473 £560
UK median daily rate £450 £381 £470
% change year-on-year +18.03% -18.88% -5.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

MoSCoW 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 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MoSCoW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MoSCoW in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MoSCoW in England.

Daily rate trend for MoSCoW in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MoSCoW in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MoSCoW 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 MoSCoW within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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 +100 7 £450 -16.28%
South East +24 5 - -
North of England +30 2 £350 -8.20%
North West +19 2 £350 -8.20%
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UK

MoSCoW
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 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) Camunda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) BGP
1 5 (35.71%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
1 7 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (35.71%) IP Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior IP Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Test Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Test Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Product Owner
4 2 (14.29%) Project Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Salesforce Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Salesforce Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Migration
1 5 (35.71%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (21.43%) User Stories
4 2 (14.29%) Backlog Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 2 (14.29%) Epics
4 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Product Backlog
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 2 (14.29%) System Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Test Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Juniper
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud