Customer Requirements Contracts in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Customer Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 136 117
Rank change year-on-year -74 -19 +114
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 137 323 485
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.06% 1.59% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.89% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 127 192
10th Percentile £318 £166 £195
25th Percentile £454 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £566
90th Percentile £625 £688 £648
UK median daily rate £536 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.25% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 87 168
10th Percentile £30.42 £17.00 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £25.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +537.76% -79.37%
75th Percentile £65.15 £65.00 £23.63
90th Percentile £76.30 - £63.00
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £47.83 £10.63
% change year-on-year -3.30% +349.95% -76.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Customer Requirements 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 11,649 17,108 20,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.43% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 10,200 14,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,053 1,261
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.31 £10.75
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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 -21 44 £585 +23.16% 158
South West +18 25 £600 +1.69% 45
East of England +4 25 £500 -16.67% 53
North of England -3 17 £453 -4.63% 105
Scotland +5 14 £525 +40.00% 29
North West -2 12 £504 +6.14% 56
Midlands -16 11 £405 -19.80% 85
West Midlands 0 10 £403 -41.86% 37
Yorkshire +3 4 £232 -51.21% 38
North East -1 1 - - 12
East Midlands -10 1 £525 +204.35% 42
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9
Customer Requirements
UK

Customer Requirements
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 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.92%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.46%) CMS
4 2 (1.46%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.73%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.38%) Windchill
3 5 (3.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.92%) Simulink
5 1 (0.73%) CATIA
5 1 (0.73%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (2.19%) Primavera
2 2 (1.46%) SAP PP
2 2 (1.46%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.73%) Movex
3 1 (0.73%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.73%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.41%) Azure
2 15 (10.95%) AWS
3 12 (8.76%) PaaS
3 12 (8.76%) SaaS
4 7 (5.11%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.38%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.38%) GCP
6 5 (3.65%) GitHub
6 5 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (2.92%) Amazon Cognito
7 4 (2.92%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.92%) Serverless
8 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.19%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.46%) Figma
9 2 (1.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.49%) VoIP
2 11 (8.03%) LAN
3 10 (7.30%) PBX
4 6 (4.38%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (4.38%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (3.65%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (3.65%) Junos
6 4 (2.92%) BGP
7 3 (2.19%) Ethernet
7 3 (2.19%) Firewall
7 3 (2.19%) OSPF
7 3 (2.19%) SAN
7 3 (2.19%) WAN
8 2 (1.46%) Broadband
8 2 (1.46%) DNS
8 2 (1.46%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.46%) MPLS
8 2 (1.46%) NAS
8 2 (1.46%) VLAN
8 2 (1.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (2.92%) DynamoDB
1 4 (2.92%) Parquet
1 4 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.19%) Metadata
3 1 (0.73%) Big Data
3 1 (0.73%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.73%) DB2
3 1 (0.73%) Looker
3 1 (0.73%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.73%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Git
2 4 (2.92%) Toad
3 2 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.46%) NUnit
3 2 (1.46%) Postman
3 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.73%) MSI
4 1 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.73%) Selenium
4 1 (0.73%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.22%) Telecoms
4 12 (8.76%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.30%) Finance
5 10 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.92%) Electronics
6 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.19%) Automotive
7 3 (2.19%) Games
8 2 (1.46%) Aviation
8 2 (1.46%) Billing
8 2 (1.46%) Law
8 2 (1.46%) Marketing
8 2 (1.46%) Military
8 2 (1.46%) Publishing
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (19.71%) Senior
2 18 (13.14%) Architect
3 16 (11.68%) Analyst
4 11 (8.03%) Consultant
4 11 (8.03%) Network Engineer
5 9 (6.57%) Developer
6 8 (5.84%) Network Architect
7 7 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Configuration Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Developer
10 4 (2.92%) Administrator
10 4 (2.92%) Cloud Developer
10 4 (2.92%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (2.92%) SAP Test Analyst
10 4 (2.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (2.92%) Technical Architect
10 4 (2.92%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.11%) JSON
1 7 (5.11%) XML
2 4 (2.92%) AWS CDK
2 4 (2.92%) REST
3 3 (2.19%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.19%) PySpark
3 3 (2.19%) SOAP
3 3 (2.19%) Web Services
4 2 (1.46%) .NET
4 2 (1.46%) Playwright
5 1 (0.73%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.73%) ADO
5 1 (0.73%) Flash
5 1 (0.73%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.73%) Kafka
5 1 (0.73%) NumPy
5 1 (0.73%) POSIX
5 1 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.73%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.73%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.95%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.57%) Blackberry
2 9 (6.57%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.38%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.92%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.92%) CMDB
5 4 (2.92%) FPGA
5 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.92%) Verilog
6 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.19%) PCIe
7 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) PKI
8 1 (0.73%) IVR
8 1 (0.73%) Replication
8 1 (0.73%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.73%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.33%) Windows
2 8 (5.84%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.38%) Unix
4 3 (2.19%) Linux
5 2 (1.46%) Android
5 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.73%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (27.74%) Agile
3 24 (17.52%) Migration
4 23 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (10.95%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (10.95%) Validation
6 14 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (8.76%) Decision-Making
7 12 (8.76%) Impact Assessments
7 12 (8.76%) Thought Leadership
8 11 (8.03%) Preventative Maintenance
8 11 (8.03%) Roadmaps
9 10 (7.30%) CI/CD
9 10 (7.30%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (7.30%) PRINCE2
9 10 (7.30%) Project Management
9 10 (7.30%) Service Design
9 10 (7.30%) Service Management
9 10 (7.30%) Test Strategy
10 9 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.41%) Python
1 17 (12.41%) SQL
2 11 (8.03%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.11%) VB
4 6 (4.38%) Java
5 4 (2.92%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.19%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (2.19%) Tcl
6 3 (2.19%) VBScript
7 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.73%) Perl
8 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (48.91%) Security Cleared
2 53 (38.69%) SC Cleared
3 25 (18.25%) DV Cleared
4 15 (10.95%) Degree
5 13 (9.49%) CCNP
5 13 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (6.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (4.38%) AWS Certification
7 6 (4.38%) HNC
8 5 (3.65%) HND
9 4 (2.92%) ISEB
9 4 (2.92%) ISTQB
9 4 (2.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.46%) CCIE
10 2 (1.46%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.46%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.46%) MCP
10 2 (1.46%) MCSA
10 2 (1.46%) MCSE
10 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.68%) SLA
2 6 (4.38%) QA
3 5 (3.65%) DO-254
3 5 (3.65%) PMO
4 3 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.46%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.46%) GDPR
5 2 (1.46%) NCSC
6 1 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.84%) Docker
3 7 (5.11%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.19%) Firmware
4 3 (2.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.46%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.73%) GPFS
6 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.73%) NFS
6 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (5.11%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (4.38%) Ansible
2 6 (4.38%) Terraform
3 5 (3.65%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.19%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.46%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.46%) SCCM
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.73%) Podman
6 1 (0.73%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 1 (0.73%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 25 (18.25%) Cisco
1 25 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.87%) Juniper
3 15 (10.95%) F5
4 14 (10.22%) Palo Alto
5 13 (9.49%) SAP
6 12 (8.76%) VMware
7 10 (7.30%) Ericsson
7 10 (7.30%) Nokia
8 9 (6.57%) Avaya
8 9 (6.57%) Oracle
8 9 (6.57%) Ribbon
9 8 (5.84%) ServiceNow
10 7 (5.11%) Apple
10 7 (5.11%) Samsung
10 7 (5.11%) SOTI
11 5 (3.65%) Citrix
12 4 (2.92%) webMethods
13 3 (2.19%) Intel
13 3 (2.19%) Salesforce