Line Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Line Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 188 208
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 +30
Contract jobs citing Line Management 209 322 398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.01% 1.33% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.49% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 231 264
10th Percentile £141 £200 £163
25th Percentile £178 £308 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +6.38% +4.44%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £566
90th Percentile £731 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £518
% change year-on-year +4.76% +1.35% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 28 30
10th Percentile £14.12 - £11.88
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.25 £17.31
Median hourly rate £43.62 £16.83 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +159.18% -37.62% +45.84%
75th Percentile £60.25 £52.61 £41.25
90th Percentile £75.24 £65.00 £54.80
UK median hourly rate £23.32 £19.50 £26.99
% change year-on-year +19.59% -27.75% +45.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Line Management is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,611 21,615 27,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.54% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,550 14,981 19,185
10th Percentile £248 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,036 1,327 1,379
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.23 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in the UK excluding London

Line Management
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 Line Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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 East +8 55 £450 -10.00% 145
South West +26 53 £173 -52.28% 98
North of England -20 40 £523 +4.50% 148
North West -8 29 £558 +17.37% 82
East of England +13 24 £300 -4.00% 57
Midlands -4 22 £438 -30.00% 107
West Midlands +21 19 £438 -36.36% 70
Yorkshire +5 15 £641 +16.59% 54
Scotland +5 13 £375 -25.45% 44
North East - 4 £720 - 14
Wales +11 3 £650 +293.94% 22
East Midlands 0 3 £525 +16.02% 37
Line Management
UK

Line Management
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 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.39%) Simulink
4 5 (2.39%) Stateflow
4 5 (2.39%) TargetLink
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.48%) Revit
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.44%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.96%) iTrent
3 2 (0.96%) Primavera
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.22%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.26%) Azure
3 9 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.35%) AWS
5 5 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.39%) Google Sheets
6 3 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.96%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (0.96%) IaaS
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.48%) GCP
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.78%) Firewall
1 10 (4.78%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (3.83%) WAN
3 7 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.87%) 5G
5 5 (2.39%) LAN
6 3 (1.44%) DHCP
6 3 (1.44%) DNS
6 3 (1.44%) Intranet
6 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.44%) Wireless
7 1 (0.48%) SAN
7 1 (0.48%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.22%) Power BI
2 6 (2.87%) GIS
3 3 (1.44%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.44%) QlikView
4 2 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Bitbucket
1 5 (2.39%) Git
1 5 (2.39%) Subversion
2 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 57 (27.27%) Finance
2 53 (25.36%) Social Skills
3 44 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 26 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.57%) Telecoms
6 18 (8.61%) Legal
7 13 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.26%) Local Government
9 10 (4.78%) Retail
10 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.83%) Marketing
11 8 (3.83%) Police
12 7 (3.35%) Banking
12 7 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (3.35%) Wholesale Banking
13 6 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.87%) Law
14 5 (2.39%) Automotive
14 5 (2.39%) Back Office
15 4 (1.91%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (17.22%) Analyst
2 35 (16.75%) Senior
3 22 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 18 (8.61%) Service Analyst
4 18 (8.61%) Service Desk Analyst
5 16 (7.66%) Technical Support
6 14 (6.70%) Developer
6 14 (6.70%) Lead
7 11 (5.26%) Coordinator
7 11 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
8 10 (4.78%) Support Engineer
9 9 (4.31%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.83%) Administrator
10 8 (3.83%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.83%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.83%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
11 6 (2.87%) Procurement Manager
11 6 (2.87%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (2.87%) Technical Support Engineer
11 6 (2.87%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.44%) .NET
2 1 (0.48%) REST
2 1 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.84%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.39%) NHS
4 4 (1.91%) CMDB
4 4 (1.91%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.96%) FMCG
6 2 (0.96%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.48%) CCTV
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.48%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.48%) PKI
7 1 (0.48%) PMI
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.18%) Windows
2 9 (4.31%) Linux
3 6 (2.87%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.39%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.91%) Unix
5 4 (1.91%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.91%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
1 46 (22.01%) Project Management
2 40 (19.14%) ITIL
3 29 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (12.92%) Customer Service
5 26 (12.44%) Roadmaps
6 25 (11.96%) Incident Management
7 24 (11.48%) PRINCE2
8 23 (11.00%) Agile
9 22 (10.53%) Risk Management
9 22 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (10.05%) Coaching
11 19 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (8.61%) Change Management
13 15 (7.18%) Project Delivery
14 14 (6.70%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (6.70%) Service Delivery
14 14 (6.70%) Service Management
14 14 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (6.22%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.35%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.35%) SQL
2 6 (2.87%) C
3 5 (2.39%) MATLAB
4 3 (1.44%) C++
4 3 (1.44%) VB.NET
5 2 (0.96%) Python
6 1 (0.48%) C#
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (22.49%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.79%) Degree
4 13 (6.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (6.22%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (4.31%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.83%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.39%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.39%) HNC
9 4 (1.91%) MCSE
9 4 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.44%) CCNA
10 3 (1.44%) HND
10 3 (1.44%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.96%) CCENT
11 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.61%) SLA
2 15 (7.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.83%) PMO
4 7 (3.35%) GDPR
5 6 (2.87%) NIST
6 5 (2.39%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (2.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.39%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.39%) ISO 26262
6 5 (2.39%) MISRA
6 5 (2.39%) MISRA C
7 4 (1.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.44%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.44%) QA
9 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.96%) GRC
10 1 (0.48%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.91%) Firmware
2 4 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.44%) vSphere
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (3.35%) SCCM
2 4 (1.91%) Terraform
3 3 (1.44%) WSUS
4 2 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 32 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.13%) ServiceNow
3 9 (4.31%) Cisco
4 7 (3.35%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (2.87%) BT
5 6 (2.87%) Google
5 6 (2.87%) SAP
6 5 (2.39%) Juniper
6 5 (2.39%) VMware
7 4 (1.91%) Citrix
7 4 (1.91%) Sage
8 3 (1.44%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.96%) Hyperion
9 2 (0.96%) Pegasus
9 2 (0.96%) Remedy
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe
10 1 (0.48%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.48%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.48%) Qualys
10 1 (0.48%) Symantec