MoSCoW Contracts in the UK excluding London

MoSCoW Method
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MoSCoW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MoSCoW over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 433 490
Rank change year-on-year +40 +57 -58
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 4 11 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.046% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.051% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 16
10th Percentile - £221 £362
25th Percentile £325 £310 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £458
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -18.03% -2.14%
75th Percentile £375 £405 £496
90th Percentile - £407 £523
UK median daily rate £450 £388 £475
% change year-on-year +16.13% -18.42% -4.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

MoSCoW 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 17,590 21,477 27,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.75% 89.51% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,508 14,895 19,183
10th Percentile £250 £255 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
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% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,305 1,364
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.81 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £46.11
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for MoSCoW in the UK excluding London

MoSCoW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for MoSCoW in the UK excluding London

MoSCoW
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 MoSCoW within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +26 2 £350 -9.68% 1
North West +23 2 £350 -9.68% 1
South East +18 2 - - 1
MoSCoW
UK

MoSCoW
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IP Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior IP Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (50.00%) SWOT Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Juniper