Bill of Materials Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Bill of Materials
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Bill of Materials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 330 377
Rank change year-on-year -62 +47 +84
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 11 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.071% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.081% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £366 £528 £320
25th Percentile £472 £531 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +21.21%
75th Percentile £552 £569 £650
90th Percentile £584 £573 -
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -3.64% +14.58% -10.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £21.39
25th Percentile - - £25.13
Median hourly rate - - £31.35
75th Percentile - - £38.18
90th Percentile - - £42.27
UK median hourly rate - - £34.00
% change year-on-year - - -19.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Bill of Materials 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,552 12,328 16,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.32% 87.54% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 7,207 10,756
10th Percentile £221 £242 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,698 706 1,234
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.54
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -32.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Bill of Materials
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bill of Materials relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Bill of Materials job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bill of Materials in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK excluding London

Bill of Materials
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
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 Bill of Materials within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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 -19 4 £500 -9.09% 1
West Midlands - 4 - - 1
Midlands - 4 - - 1
Scotland +1 2 £435 -20.91%
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Bill of Materials
UK

Bill of Materials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP PP
1 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 3 (27.27%) CATAPAN
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 1 (9.09%) DHCP
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
4 1 (9.09%) Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) WLAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Games
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Floorwalker
2 3 (27.27%) Installations Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Production Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (18.18%) Order Management
4 1 (9.09%) Active Listening
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) SABSA
4 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Perl
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) CCSE
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Juniper
2 3 (27.27%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) Arista
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) SYSPRO