MoSCoW Contracts in London

MoSCoW Method
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 386 496
Rank change year-on-year +42 +110 +86
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 4 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.039% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.044% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £358 £476
25th Percentile - £374 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -16.28% +13.16%
75th Percentile - £569 £572
90th Percentile - £600 £589
England median daily rate £550 £408 £375
% change year-on-year +34.97% +8.67% -11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,589 15,772 24,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.17% 88.59% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,863 11,305 17,624
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 326 277
10th Percentile £16.30 £16.00 £18.58
25th Percentile £22.56 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £28.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -26.45% +6.43%
75th Percentile £50.56 £47.34 £62.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.25 £76.95
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MoSCoW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MoSCoW in London

MoSCoW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MoSCoW in London.

Daily rate trend for MoSCoW in London

MoSCoW
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 MoSCoW within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London - 4 - -
MoSCoW
England

MoSCoW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Derivative
1 2 (50.00%) Equities
1 2 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CBAP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) EMIR
1 4 (100.00%) MiFID
2 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Dodd-Frank