NEC Contracts in the UK excluding London

NEC
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 431 491
Rank change year-on-year +66 +60 -47
Contract jobs citing NEC 26 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.022% 0.049%
As % of the Vendors category 0.29% 0.049% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 2 6
10th Percentile £420 £333 £286
25th Percentile £450 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +17.58% -20.88% +19.44%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £584
90th Percentile £539 £518 £588
UK median daily rate £481 £438 £575
% change year-on-year +9.77% -23.87% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £20.14
25th Percentile - £22.09 £20.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.18 £22.93
Median % change year-on-year +65.46% +5.42% -
75th Percentile - £26.26 £28.81
90th Percentile - - £35.52
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £23.54 £22.93
% change year-on-year +69.94% +2.64% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,976 10,201 12,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.19% 44.93% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,361 6,960 8,403
10th Percentile £210 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,001 427 637
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.36 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.92 £59.28 £41.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for NEC in the UK excluding London

NEC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for NEC in the UK excluding London

NEC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NEC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for NEC in the UK excluding London

NEC
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 NEC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 - 10 £500 - 25
Yorkshire - 7 £520 - 7
South East - 7 £510 - 22
South West - 5 £450 - 21
North West - 3 £500 - 14
Midlands +17 2 - - 16
East Midlands +10 2 - - 6
Scotland +37 1 £575 +76.92% 13
East of England +2 1 £450 - 13
NEC
UK

NEC
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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (46.15%) NEC Housing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Database
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Local Government
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Social Housing
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Project Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Category Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Consultant
3 2 (7.69%) Development Officer
3 2 (7.69%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Test Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Applications Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Applications Support
4 1 (3.85%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Data Migration Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Housing Association
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Customer Service
2 5 (19.23%) Housing Management
2 5 (19.23%) Project Management
2 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.54%) API Development
4 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
4 3 (11.54%) Data Extraction
4 3 (11.54%) Database Optimisation
4 3 (11.54%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.69%) Contract Management
5 2 (7.69%) Human Resource Management
5 2 (7.69%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (7.69%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) APMP
3 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) ISEB
3 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (7.69%) RIBA
4 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.85%) MRICS
4 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Northgate
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) Civica
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft