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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 221 212
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 +46
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 139 173 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.08% 0.84% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.00% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 104 187
10th Percentile £363 £375 £256
25th Percentile £413 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £629
90th Percentile £649 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.04% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £21.51 £15.30 £13.04
25th Percentile £31.15 £16.64 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.50 £19.33 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.66% +13.72% +8.01%
75th Percentile £45.00 £22.48 £18.50
90th Percentile - £24.10 £26.70
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £24.26 £17.00
% change year-on-year +56.67% +42.68% +7.59%

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 11,716 17,285 20,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.51% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,290 10,280 13,964
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.87%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 847 2,123 1,246
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +12 42 £600 +20.00% 269
North West +20 29 £625 +13.64% 122
Midlands +28 25 £525 +5.00% 247
South East +52 22 £395 -27.39% 355
Scotland -3 21 £463 -7.50% 49
West Midlands +28 19 £550 +3.53% 132
South West +23 14 £475 - 155
Yorkshire +11 11 £500 +11.11% 115
Wales +12 10 £453 -43.44% 37
East of England +20 9 £512 -19.69% 211
East Midlands +9 6 £393 -21.50% 96
North East 0 2 £550 - 32
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 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.44%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.72%) SAS
3 1 (0.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.72%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.88%) Kondor
2 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (2.16%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.16%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.16%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.44%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.72%) Primavera
5 1 (0.72%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.83%) Azure
2 13 (9.35%) AWS
3 10 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.04%) GCP
5 7 (5.04%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.88%) OCI
6 4 (2.88%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.88%) Serverless
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.16%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.16%) AWS CodeBuild
7 3 (2.16%) AWS CodePipeline
7 3 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.16%) GitHub
7 3 (2.16%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.16%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.16%) SaaS
7 3 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.91%) Firewall
2 5 (3.60%) WAN
3 3 (2.16%) BGP
3 3 (2.16%) OSPF
3 3 (2.16%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.16%) VPN
4 2 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.44%) LAN
4 2 (1.44%) Network Security
4 2 (1.44%) NGFW
4 2 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.44%) Wireless
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.72%) MPLS
5 1 (0.72%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.72%) SSL
5 1 (0.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.16%) Siebel EIM
3 2 (1.44%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.44%) Bigtable
3 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.44%) MySQL
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.44%) Power BI
3 2 (1.44%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.72%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.16%) JUnit
3 3 (2.16%) Postman
4 2 (1.44%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.44%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.44%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.44%) Git
4 2 (1.44%) GitLab
4 2 (1.44%) JMeter
4 2 (1.44%) Mockito
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.44%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.44%) Selenium
4 2 (1.44%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.44%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.44%) TestNG
5 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.72%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 67 (48.20%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.58%) Finance
3 27 (19.42%) Public Sector
4 24 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.91%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Banking
7 6 (4.32%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.60%) Marketing
8 5 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.44%) Electronics
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Law
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Retail
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (18.71%) Developer
2 23 (16.55%) Consultant
3 17 (12.23%) Senior
4 13 (9.35%) Analyst
5 10 (7.19%) Architect
6 8 (5.76%) .NET Developer
6 8 (5.76%) Lead
6 8 (5.76%) Migration Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Senior Developer
8 6 (4.32%) Research Scientist
9 5 (3.60%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Data Migration Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Migration Consultant
10 4 (2.88%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.88%) React Developer
10 4 (2.88%) SAP Consultant
11 3 (2.16%) Applications Engineer
11 3 (2.16%) AWS Developer
11 3 (2.16%) DevOps Engineer
11 3 (2.16%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.19%) .NET
2 9 (6.47%) SOAP
3 7 (5.04%) JMS
3 7 (5.04%) REST
4 5 (3.60%) React
5 4 (2.88%) Spring
5 4 (2.88%) Web Services
6 3 (2.16%) CSS
6 3 (2.16%) HTML
6 3 (2.16%) Middleware
6 3 (2.16%) Node.js
6 3 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.44%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.44%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.44%) Kafka
7 2 (1.44%) OAuth
7 2 (1.44%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.44%) Pandas
7 2 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.91%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.76%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.04%) Algorithms
4 7 (5.04%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.32%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (4.32%) Wiki
6 4 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.88%) Derivative
6 4 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.88%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.16%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.44%) Blog
8 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.44%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.72%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.51%) Linux
2 14 (10.07%) Windows
3 13 (9.35%) Unix
4 4 (2.88%) Android
4 4 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.16%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.44%) AIX
6 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.44%) Solaris
6 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (20.86%) Migration
3 22 (15.83%) Agile
4 18 (12.95%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (10.79%) DevOps
5 15 (10.79%) Validation
6 14 (10.07%) Analytics
7 13 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (9.35%) Roadmaps
7 13 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (9.35%) User Experience
8 12 (8.63%) CI/CD
8 12 (8.63%) Data Migration
8 12 (8.63%) Mentoring
9 11 (7.91%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (7.91%) Data Modelling
10 10 (7.19%) ETL
10 10 (7.19%) Use Case
11 9 (6.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.71%) SQL
2 18 (12.95%) PL/SQL
3 14 (10.07%) Python
4 10 (7.19%) Java
5 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.32%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.88%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.44%) ANSI SQL
8 2 (1.44%) Ruby
8 2 (1.44%) Rust
8 2 (1.44%) Scala
8 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.72%) C#
9 1 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.23%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.35%) Degree
4 6 (4.32%) Master's Degree
5 5 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.88%) PhD
6 4 (2.88%) Postgraduate
7 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.44%) CCNA
8 2 (1.44%) CCNP
8 2 (1.44%) CEH
8 2 (1.44%) CISM
8 2 (1.44%) CISSP
8 2 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.44%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.72%) CCIE
9 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.19%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) Basel III
2 4 (2.88%) MiFID
3 3 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (2.16%) SLA
3 3 (2.16%) WCAG
4 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) NCSC
5 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.60%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.88%) Docker
2 4 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.44%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.44%) vSphere
5 1 (0.72%) Firmware
5 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.72%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.47%) Terraform
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.44%) Ansible
3 2 (1.44%) Control-M
3 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.72%) SCCM
4 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (22.30%) Oracle
2 19 (13.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.19%) SAP
4 9 (6.47%) VMware
5 5 (3.60%) Cisco
5 5 (3.60%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.88%) Splunk
6 4 (2.88%) Sybase
7 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.16%) Siebel
8 2 (1.44%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.44%) Ivanti
8 2 (1.44%) Meraki
8 2 (1.44%) NetApp
8 2 (1.44%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.72%) IBM
9 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.72%) Teradata
9 1 (0.72%) Veeam