Blog Contracts in the UK excluding London

Blogs
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blog over the 6 months to 22 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 428 496
Rank change year-on-year +55 +68 -91
Contract jobs citing Blog 25 25 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.10% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.32% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 17
10th Percentile - £221 £330
25th Percentile £378 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +21.62%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £523
90th Percentile £680 £647 £529
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £544
% change year-on-year +2.00% -8.05% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £10.94 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £21.97
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile £15.48 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.25 £18.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -22.97% -52.26% +68.99%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Blog is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,171 7,851 9,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.66% 32.39% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,690 5,306 6,815
10th Percentile £206 £213 £200
25th Percentile £378 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £620 £575
90th Percentile £684 £700 £668
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 710 452 471
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.98 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +24.44% -16.67% +3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Blog in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Blog in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Blog in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Blog in the UK excluding London

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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 Blog within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 April 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
South West +27 14 £650 +15.56% 12
South East +26 9 £378 -11.06% 16
North of England +21 1 £450 -20.88% 32
East of England +12 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 9
Blog
UK

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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 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Camtasia
2 1 (4.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) LAN
1 3 (12.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle Database
1 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (24.00%) Retail
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Local Government
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Administrator
2 8 (32.00%) Mac Administrator
2 8 (32.00%) Systems Administrator
3 6 (24.00%) Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Oracle Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Support Assistant
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Assistant
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Support
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Support Assistant
6 2 (8.00%) Data Administrator
7 1 (4.00%) Database Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Database Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) DBA
7 1 (4.00%) Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Producer
7 1 (4.00%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Oracle DBA
7 1 (4.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Replication
2 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.00%) Social Media
4 1 (4.00%) FMCG
4 1 (4.00%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Mac OS
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Data Protection
1 8 (32.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (32.00%) Security Management
2 6 (24.00%) High Availability
3 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Data Entry
5 2 (8.00%) Data Validation
5 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.00%) Validation
6 1 (4.00%) Agile
6 1 (4.00%) Analytics
6 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.00%) B2B
6 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security
6 1 (4.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.00%) Project Management
6 1 (4.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (32.00%) Apple
2 8 (32.00%) Oracle
3 6 (24.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe