Community of Practice Contract Job Trends in London

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Community of Practice skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 349 374
Rank change year-on-year -13 +25 +61
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 18 20 31
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 24
10th Percentile £404 £408 £334
25th Percentile £423 £413 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £610
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -20.08% -6.15%
75th Percentile £563 £597 £740
90th Percentile £765 £619 £750
England median daily rate £525 £460 £580
% change year-on-year +14.13% -20.69% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Community of Practice 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Community of Practice relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Community of Practice job vacancy trend in London

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Community of Practice.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Community of Practice in London

Community of Practice
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Community of Practice.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Central London 0 2 £523 -5.00%
West London -16 2 £400 -11.11% 2
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) Apache
2 1 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) Drupal
2 1 (5.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) ChatGPT
5 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub
5 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.56%) Miro
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Delta Lake
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) SAP HANA
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) MLflow
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Aviation
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Scrum Master
3 2 (11.11%) Quantitative Researcher
3 2 (11.11%) Senior User Researcher
3 2 (11.11%) User Researcher
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Content Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Content Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Steward
4 1 (5.56%) Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Content Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Procurement Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) Django
1 1 (5.56%) Flask
1 1 (5.56%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
1 1 (5.56%) NumPy
1 1 (5.56%) Pyramid
1 1 (5.56%) PySpark
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
1 1 (5.56%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) FMCG
3 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) AI
3 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 4 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 4 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (16.67%) Kanban
4 3 (16.67%) SDLC
4 3 (16.67%) User Research
4 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Apex Code
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Korn
2 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) CSPO
3 1 (5.56%) IIBA
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Hotjar
3 1 (5.56%) HubSpot
3 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) SAP