Knowledge Transfer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Knowledge Transfer 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 200 221 200
Rank change year-on-year +21 -21 +66
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 137 185 305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.07% 0.89% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.05% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 110 210
10th Percentile £344 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £621 £582 £624
90th Percentile £686 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £21.07 £15.30 £13.58
25th Percentile £30.05 £16.64 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £19.33 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.77% +13.72% +8.01%
75th Percentile - £22.48 £19.20
90th Percentile - £24.10 £26.70
UK median hourly rate £37.04 £50.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +194.12% +7.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer 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 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
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 Knowledge Transfer 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
North of England +15 43 £594 +18.80% 40
North West +26 35 £600 +3.09% 25
South East +42 22 £395 -27.39% 61
Scotland -1 22 £544 +14.53% 15
Midlands +27 21 £550 +10.00% 39
West Midlands +22 19 £550 +2.33% 28
South West +30 17 £475 - 37
Wales +9 10 £453 -43.44% 4
Yorkshire -2 7 £463 +2.78% 13
East of England +10 6 £500 -9.09% 28
East Midlands +7 2 - - 10
North East -1 1 - - 2
Knowledge Transfer
UK

Knowledge Transfer
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 8 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.73%) Confluence
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.73%) SAS
3 1 (0.73%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.73%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.92%) Kondor
3 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.46%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.46%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.46%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.46%) SAP PS
4 2 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.73%) Primavera
5 1 (0.73%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.98%) Azure
2 19 (13.87%) AWS
3 15 (10.95%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.76%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.84%) PowerApps
6 7 (5.11%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.65%) GCP
8 4 (2.92%) Serverless
9 3 (2.19%) Nutanix
9 3 (2.19%) OCI
9 3 (2.19%) SaaS
10 2 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.46%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.46%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.76%) Firewall
2 6 (4.38%) Network Security
3 4 (2.92%) WAN
4 3 (2.19%) BGP
4 3 (2.19%) OSPF
4 3 (2.19%) VPN
5 2 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.46%) LAN
5 2 (1.46%) NGFW
5 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.46%) Wireless
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.73%) IMAP
6 1 (0.73%) SSL
6 1 (0.73%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.73%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.84%) MySQL
2 5 (3.65%) Power BI
3 4 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.19%) MariaDB
4 3 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.19%) Siebel EIM
5 2 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.73%) Metadata
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.73%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.46%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.73%) Postman
3 1 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.73%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.73%) TestRail
General
1 55 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 34 (24.82%) Public Sector
3 31 (22.63%) Finance
4 18 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.30%) Banking
6 9 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.84%) Marketing
8 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.19%) Electronics
11 3 (2.19%) Local Government
12 2 (1.46%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.46%) Law
12 2 (1.46%) Retail
13 1 (0.73%) Automotive
13 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.73%) Legal
13 1 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (18.25%) Developer
2 16 (11.68%) Consultant
2 16 (11.68%) Senior
3 13 (9.49%) Lead
4 11 (8.03%) Analyst
5 10 (7.30%) Architect
6 8 (5.84%) Migration Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) .NET Developer
7 7 (5.11%) Senior Developer
8 6 (4.38%) Research Scientist
9 5 (3.65%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Data Migration Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Support Engineer
10 4 (2.92%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.92%) Lead Developer
10 4 (2.92%) React Developer
11 3 (2.19%) Applications Engineer
11 3 (2.19%) Applications Support
11 3 (2.19%) AWS Developer
11 3 (2.19%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.57%) Spring
1 9 (6.57%) Spring Boot
2 8 (5.84%) SOAP
3 7 (5.11%) .NET
4 6 (4.38%) REST
5 5 (3.65%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (3.65%) React
6 4 (2.92%) JMS
6 4 (2.92%) Web Services
7 3 (2.19%) Node.js
8 2 (1.46%) Anaconda
8 2 (1.46%) CSS
8 2 (1.46%) HTML
8 2 (1.46%) Middleware
8 2 (1.46%) OAuth
8 2 (1.46%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.46%) Pandas
8 2 (1.46%) PySpark
9 1 (0.73%) Ajax
9 1 (0.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.76%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (7.30%) Public Cloud
3 9 (6.57%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.11%) Algorithms
6 6 (4.38%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (4.38%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.38%) Wiki
7 5 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.92%) Derivative
8 4 (2.92%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.19%) Cyberattack
9 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.46%) Blog
10 2 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.73%) CMDB
11 1 (0.73%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.60%) Linux
2 10 (7.30%) Windows
3 9 (6.57%) Unix
4 3 (2.19%) Android
4 3 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.73%) AIX
5 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.73%) Solaris
5 1 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.12%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.71%) Migration
3 22 (16.06%) Agile
4 20 (14.60%) Mentoring
5 16 (11.68%) DevOps
6 15 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (10.22%) Data Modelling
7 14 (10.22%) Validation
8 13 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (9.49%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (8.76%) Analytics
9 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.03%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (8.03%) Roadmaps
11 10 (7.30%) Machine Learning
11 10 (7.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (7.30%) User Experience
12 9 (6.57%) Data Migration
12 9 (6.57%) Microservices
12 9 (6.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.60%) SQL
2 15 (10.95%) Python
3 14 (10.22%) PL/SQL
4 11 (8.03%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.30%) Java
6 6 (4.38%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.38%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.38%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.46%) C#
7 2 (1.46%) Ruby
7 2 (1.46%) Rust
8 1 (0.73%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.22%) Degree
4 6 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.92%) PhD
5 4 (2.92%) Postgraduate
6 3 (2.19%) CEH
6 3 (2.19%) CISSP
6 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.19%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.46%) CCNA
7 2 (1.46%) CCNP
7 2 (1.46%) CISM
7 2 (1.46%) PMP
7 2 (1.46%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.73%) CCIE
8 1 (0.73%) GIAC
8 1 (0.73%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.92%) Basel III
1 4 (2.92%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (2.92%) MiFID
2 3 (2.19%) QA
3 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.73%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.73%) GDPR
3 1 (0.73%) NCSC
3 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.73%) PMO
3 1 (0.73%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.19%) Docker
4 2 (1.46%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.46%) vSphere
5 1 (0.73%) Firmware
5 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Terraform
2 4 (2.92%) Ansible
3 3 (2.19%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.46%) Puppet
5 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (18.25%) Oracle
2 23 (16.79%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.30%) SAP
4 7 (5.11%) VMware
5 6 (4.38%) Cisco
6 5 (3.65%) Splunk
7 4 (2.92%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.92%) Sybase
8 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.19%) Siebel
9 2 (1.46%) Ariba
9 2 (1.46%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.46%) HP
9 2 (1.46%) Meraki
9 2 (1.46%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.73%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.73%) Juniper
10 1 (0.73%) NetApp
10 1 (0.73%) Remedy