MoSCoW Contracts in England

MoSCoW Method
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring MoSCoW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MoSCoW over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 525 648
Rank change year-on-year +58 +123 +107
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 6 12 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.032% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.037% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 13
10th Percentile - £325 £241
25th Percentile - £349 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £408 £375
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +8.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile - £506 £406
90th Percentile - £600 £473
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £381
% change year-on-year +22.22% +18.03% -19.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

MoSCoW 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 22,235 32,086 45,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,554 21,040 31,727
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
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 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,256 1,594
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.96 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

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

MoSCoW
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

MoSCoW
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 4 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
London +43 4 - - 2
Midlands - 2 £550 -
West Midlands - 2 £550 -
MoSCoW
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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (33.33%) Derivative
1 2 (33.33%) Equities
1 2 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Data Management
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CBAP
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) EMIR
1 4 (66.67%) MiFID
2 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Dodd-Frank
2 2 (33.33%) NIST