Actionable Recommendations Contracts in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 366 459
Rank change year-on-year +55 +93 +46
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 25 33 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.16% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.21% 1.05% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 3
10th Percentile £300 £288 £205
25th Percentile £400 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -14.77% -
75th Percentile £501 £702 £588
90th Percentile £658 £850 £595
UK median daily rate £460 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -5.64% -11.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.87 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.44 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,060 3,142 3,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.14% 15.13% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 1,830 2,400
10th Percentile £209 £252 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £665 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 309 180
10th Percentile £17.28 £10.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.63 £18.21
Median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%
75th Percentile £67.03 £43.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.92 £67.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
South East - 7 £500 - 21
Scotland +17 5 £500 - 5
Midlands +9 5 £447 -30.36% 9
North of England +10 4 £350 - 9
Yorkshire +10 3 £300 -25.00% 6
West Midlands -1 3 £460 -28.33% 7
South West - 3 £625 - 12
East Midlands - 2 £374 - 2
North West +8 1 £400 +14.29% 2
Wales - 1 £450 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) IBM Domino
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SAS
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) IaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) PaaS
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) Modbus
2 1 (4.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (4.00%) Pa11y
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (12.00%) Marketing
7 2 (8.00%) Local Government
8 1 (4.00%) Advertising
8 1 (4.00%) Electronics
8 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Legal
8 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) User Researcher
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) HR Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Tester
4 1 (4.00%) Change Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
2 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.00%) PMI
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.00%) User Research
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (12.00%) Inclusive Design
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Qualitative Research
5 3 (12.00%) Quantitative Research
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Usability Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Python
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) CBAP
1 2 (8.00%) CISM
1 2 (8.00%) CISSP
1 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) CISA
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) GCIA
2 1 (4.00%) GCIH
2 1 (4.00%) GIAC
2 1 (4.00%) IIBA
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.00%) SAS Certification
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
3 1 (4.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) QA
3 1 (4.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.00%) QRadar
1 1 (4.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Meraki
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk