The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for NFS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NFS over the 6 months to 22 October 2020 with a comparison to the 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.
NFS is in the System Software 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 system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
3,928
12,075
14,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
14.38%
15.60%
15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,470
8,086
9,406
Median daily rate
£475
£463
£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.70%
+2.78%
+5.88%
10th Percentile
£225
£175
£185
90th Percentile
£650
£638
£625
UK median daily rate
£475
£450
£450
% change year-on-year
+5.56%
-
+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted
177
575
814
Median hourly rate
£19.39
£16.50
£16.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.52%
+3.13%
-4.48%
10th Percentile
£11.17
£11.17
£10.58
90th Percentile
£48.30
£47.70
£43.75
Median hourly rate
£19.50
£17.00
£16.00
% change year-on-year
+14.71%
+6.25%
-3.96%
NFS Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing NFS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
NFS Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NFS in England.
NFS Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NFS in England over the 6 months to 22 October 2020.
NFS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NFS in England.
NFS 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 NFS within the England region over the 6 months to 22 October 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 22 October 2020, IT contractor jobs citing NFS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for NFS.
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:
