MoSCoW Contract Job Trends in England

MoSCoW Method
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring MoSCoW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 508 594
Rank change year-on-year -3 +86 +162
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 7 14 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.025% 0.044% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.050% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £415 £281 £275
25th Percentile £488 £425 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile - £638 £547
90th Percentile £580 - £554
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +0.50%

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 25,410 27,744 36,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.92% 86.39% 88.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,116 16,935 25,500
10th Percentile £295 £313 £313
25th Percentile £404 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £642 £653
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,567 1,167 1,475
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%
75th Percentile £45.75 £67.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.92% +43.84%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MoSCoW relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MoSCoW job vacancy trend in England

MoSCoW
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MoSCoW.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MoSCoW

MoSCoW
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MoSCoW in England over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 7 October 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
West Midlands -13 4 £550 -12.00%
Midlands -16 4 £550 -12.00%
London +12 2 £500 +74.06% 3
MoSCoW
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MoSCoW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (14.29%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) iPaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Lucidchart
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Italian Language
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) GraphQL
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Structures
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Business Process Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Change Control
3 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
4 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) User Stories
6 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) SIEM
6 1 (14.29%) SWOT Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 1 (14.29%) Use Case
6 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) CyberArk
2 1 (14.29%) Infor
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) SAP