Task-Oriented Contracts in England

Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Task-Oriented skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Task-Oriented over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 540 670
Rank change year-on-year +57 +130 +109
Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.003% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £293 - -
25th Percentile £328 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £445 - £475
90th Percentile £478 - -
UK median daily rate £387 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +87.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Task-Oriented 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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
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 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Task-Oriented
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Task-Oriented as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Task-Oriented in England

Task-Oriented
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Task-Oriented in England

Task-Oriented
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task-Oriented in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Task-Oriented in England

Task-Oriented
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task-Oriented in England.

Hourly rate trend for Task-Oriented in England

Task-Oriented
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 Task-Oriented within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 2 £274 - 8
North of England - 1 £500 - 2
North West - 1 £500 - 1
Task-Oriented
UK

Task-Oriented
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 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Transition Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Economics
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow