PDCA Contracts in the UK excluding London

PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PDCA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDCA over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PDCA 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £256 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £279 - -
75th Percentile £304 - -
90th Percentile £320 - -
UK median daily rate £279 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

PDCA 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 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

PDCA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PDCA in the UK excluding London

PDCA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PDCA in the UK excluding London

PDCA
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 PDCA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East - 4 £279 -
PDCA
UK

PDCA
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Controller
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Spend Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree