Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring PERC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PERC over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 195 | 210 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +15 | +45 |
| Contract jobs citing PERC | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.089% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.67% | 0.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +20.00% |
| England median daily rate | - | £425 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +42.74% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East
PERC 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 | 502 | 751 | 837 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 16.95% | 13.38% | 14.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 309 | 397 | 526 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £255 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £363 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | +3.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 67 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.12 | £10.82 | £15.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.34 | £16.25 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.30 | £27.50 | £27.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +68.36% | +1.85% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | £58.75 | £52.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.75 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £34.50 | £23.80 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.96% | -44.00% | +53.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing PERC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised 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 PERC in the South East.