Prototyping Contracts in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 202 241
Rank change year-on-year -46 +39 -39
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 88 213 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.03% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.21% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 127 164
10th Percentile £293 £400 £363
25th Percentile £400 £503 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £498
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.58% -7.87%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £625
90th Percentile £688 £825 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 12
10th Percentile £51.21 £18.67 £55.13
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.00 £56.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -3.85% +7.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.81
90th Percentile £69.00 £84.00 £83.20
UK median hourly rate £54.94 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.44% -7.69% +7.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Prototyping 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 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +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% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Prototyping in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
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 Prototyping within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 -39 29 £644 -0.96% 198
Midlands +27 17 £463 -15.91% 109
Scotland 0 14 £438 -7.89% 43
North of England -8 13 £400 -25.58% 149
West Midlands +19 12 £381 -15.28% 56
East of England +35 8 £468 - 137
North West +3 8 £369 -23.52% 74
South West +46 6 £575 -20.58% 97
East Midlands +10 5 £468 -15.00% 44
Yorkshire -6 4 £400 -33.33% 54
Wales - 3 £306 - 24
North East - 1 £400 - 21
Prototyping
UK

Prototyping
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 12 (13.64%) Confluence
2 5 (5.68%) IIS
3 1 (1.14%) CMS
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Sketch
2 3 (3.41%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.27%) InVision
3 2 (2.27%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.14%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.14%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.14%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (1.14%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.14%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (1.14%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.05%) AWS
2 13 (14.77%) Figma
3 7 (7.95%) Azure
4 6 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.27%) SaaS
5 2 (2.27%) Serverless
6 1 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.14%) npm
6 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.14%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.95%) HTTP
1 7 (7.95%) SNMP
1 7 (7.95%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (5.68%) HTTPS
2 5 (5.68%) SSL
3 3 (3.41%) Wireless
4 2 (2.27%) BGP
4 2 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (2.27%) DMVPN
4 2 (2.27%) EIGRP
4 2 (2.27%) OSPF
4 2 (2.27%) SAN
4 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (6.82%) Oracle Database
2 6 (6.82%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (3.41%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.27%) InfluxDB
5 1 (1.14%) Big Data
5 1 (1.14%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (13.64%) JIRA
2 8 (9.09%) Git
3 7 (7.95%) Bitbucket
3 7 (7.95%) GoogleTest
3 7 (7.95%) Robot Framework
4 6 (6.82%) Eclipse
5 5 (5.68%) Axure RP
6 3 (3.41%) Xcode
7 1 (1.14%) GitLab
7 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.14%) MSI
7 1 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (1.14%) Selenium
General
1 24 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.05%) Public Sector
3 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.50%) Finance
5 5 (5.68%) Aviation
6 4 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.41%) Marketing
7 3 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.27%) Electronics
8 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.14%) Automotive
9 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Legal
9 1 (1.14%) Military
9 1 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (30.68%) Designer
2 14 (15.91%) Architect
3 9 (10.23%) Developer
3 9 (10.23%) UX Designer
4 8 (9.09%) Senior
5 7 (7.95%) Service Designer
6 6 (6.82%) Lead
6 6 (6.82%) Software Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Analyst
7 5 (5.68%) Interaction Designer
7 5 (5.68%) Software Test Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Test Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.55%) Principal Architect
8 4 (4.55%) Python Developer
8 4 (4.55%) Senior Designer
9 3 (3.41%) Digital Designer
9 3 (3.41%) Lead Designer
9 3 (3.41%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.41%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.77%) CSS
1 13 (14.77%) HTML
2 3 (3.41%) Node.js
2 3 (3.41%) REST
2 3 (3.41%) SwiftUI
2 3 (3.41%) UIKit
3 2 (2.27%) React
4 1 (1.14%) Ajax
4 1 (1.14%) Play Framework
4 1 (1.14%) React Native
4 1 (1.14%) SOAP
4 1 (1.14%) Web Services
4 1 (1.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.82%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.41%) Animation
3 3 (3.41%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.41%) iPad
3 3 (3.41%) iPhone
3 3 (3.41%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (3.41%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.27%) CMDB
4 2 (2.27%) Photography
5 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.14%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.14%) IoT
5 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.14%) PKI
5 1 (1.14%) Social Media
5 1 (1.14%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.36%) Linux
2 8 (9.09%) Android
2 8 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 5 (5.68%) Windows
4 4 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.55%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.27%) Debian
5 2 (2.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (53.41%) Agile
2 27 (30.68%) User Experience
3 22 (25.00%) User Research
4 18 (20.45%) Service Design
4 18 (20.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 18 (20.45%) UX Design
5 17 (19.32%) Software Engineering
6 15 (17.05%) User Stories
7 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (14.77%) Scrum
8 13 (14.77%) Software Testing
9 12 (13.64%) Interaction Design
9 12 (13.64%) ITIL
10 11 (12.50%) Wireframes
11 10 (11.36%) DevOps
11 10 (11.36%) Validation
12 9 (10.23%) Configuration Management
13 8 (9.09%) Analytics
13 8 (9.09%) Decision-Making
13 8 (9.09%) UML
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.18%) SQL
2 13 (14.77%) JavaScript
3 10 (11.36%) Python
4 7 (7.95%) C++
5 6 (6.82%) PL/SQL
5 6 (6.82%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.41%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.41%) Swift
7 1 (1.14%) C
7 1 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.14%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.14%) Java
7 1 (1.14%) R
7 1 (1.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 22 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.91%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.82%) Degree
5 4 (4.55%) CCNP
5 4 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.55%) MCSE
5 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.64%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.68%) NIST
3 4 (4.55%) NCSC
4 2 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.14%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.14%) GDPR
5 1 (1.14%) PERC
5 1 (1.14%) QA
5 1 (1.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.27%) Firmware
3 1 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) SCCM
1 5 (5.68%) WSUS
2 2 (2.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.14%) Terraform
3 1 (1.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (7.95%) Adobe
1 7 (7.95%) Atlassian
1 7 (7.95%) Google
2 6 (6.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.82%) Oracle
2 6 (6.82%) VMware
3 3 (3.41%) Workday
4 2 (2.27%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (2.27%) Cisco
4 2 (2.27%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.27%) Juniper
4 2 (2.27%) McAfee
4 2 (2.27%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.27%) SAP
5 1 (1.14%) Databricks
5 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.14%) Snow
5 1 (1.14%) Twitter
5 1 (1.14%) YouTube