Actionable Recommendations Contracts in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Actionable Recommendations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 452 498
Rank change year-on-year +98 +46 -93
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 32 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.017% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.06% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 3 5
10th Percentile £288 £205 £501
25th Percentile £325 £325 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £702 £588 -
90th Percentile £850 £595 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,030 3,490 4,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.87% 14.85% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,774 2,350 3,075
10th Percentile £250 £218 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 186 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.63 £18.02 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.94 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% +56.57% +0.07%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.82 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £20.55 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.28% +27.27% +30.95%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Midlands - 18 £642 - 14
West Midlands - 18 £642 - 8
North of England +34 13 £350 -36.36% 15
North West - 10 £350 - 9
North East - 2 £513 -
East of England - 2 £425 - 6
Yorkshire +23 1 £400 -27.27% 6
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (46.88%) Intrusion Detection
1 15 (46.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (46.88%) Big Data
2 4 (12.50%) Power BI
3 3 (9.38%) Data Mining
4 2 (6.25%) Power Query
General
1 19 (59.38%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Military
5 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) User Researcher
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Security Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Senior User Researcher
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Digital User Researcher
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (46.88%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (46.88%) Distributed Applications
2 9 (28.13%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (3.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (40.63%) Android
1 13 (40.63%) Apple iOS
1 13 (40.63%) Linux
1 13 (40.63%) Unix
1 13 (40.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (46.88%) Data Engineering
2 15 (46.88%) Data Management
2 15 (46.88%) Information Security
2 15 (46.88%) Security Architecture
2 15 (46.88%) SIEM
3 14 (43.75%) Data Pipeline
4 13 (40.63%) Data Analysis
4 13 (40.63%) Kalman Filter
4 13 (40.63%) Security Operations
5 12 (37.50%) Analytics
6 11 (34.38%) Agile
6 11 (34.38%) User Research
7 10 (31.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 9 (28.13%) User Experience
9 7 (21.88%) Ergonomics
9 7 (21.88%) Human Factors
9 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
9 7 (21.88%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) ACCA
3 1 (3.13%) CIMA
3 1 (3.13%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.13%) Ariba
2 1 (3.13%) SAP