MoSCoW Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

MoSCoW Method
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MoSCoW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 356 415
Rank change year-on-year -17 +59 +86
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 4 11 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.063% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.076% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - - £275
25th Percentile - £613 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £638 £547
90th Percentile - - £554
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +0.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

MoSCoW 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 14,020 14,491 18,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.17% 83.43% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,432 8,180 12,443
10th Percentile £225 £240 £256
25th Percentile £367 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,523 1,069 1,298
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +71.89%
75th Percentile £40.46 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.92% +43.84%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MoSCoW relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

MoSCoW job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MoSCoW
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MoSCoW.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MoSCoW

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 7 October 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
West Midlands -13 4 £550 -12.00%
Midlands -16 4 £550 -12.00%
MoSCoW
UK

MoSCoW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CyberArk