Def Stans Contracts in the South East

UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Def Stans skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Def Stans over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 205 267
Rank change year-on-year +27 +62 +2
Contract jobs citing Def Stans 1 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.024% 0.26% 0.051%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 1.68% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - £557 £435
25th Percentile - £569 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £765 £596 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% +25.53% -40.63%
75th Percentile - £627 £516
90th Percentile - £665 £566
England median daily rate £645 £595 £525
% change year-on-year +8.40% +13.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £51.24
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.85% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 530 833 1,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.70% 15.25% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 497 742
10th Percentile £235 £229 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +2.85%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £579
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 60 39
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.25 £12.43
25th Percentile £26.68 £24.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £54.36 £50.53 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% +129.67% -22.23%
75th Percentile £63.43 £66.00 £46.34
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.53 £67.39
England median hourly rate £32.06 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -10.94% +41.18% +26.57%

Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Def Stans in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Def Stans in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Def Stans in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Def Stans within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Hampshire +13 1 £765 +45.02% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared