Record to Report Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Record to Report (R2R)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Record to Report skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 319 357
Rank change year-on-year -63 +38 +110
Contract jobs citing Record to Report 17 37 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.093% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 34
10th Percentile - £463 £454
25th Percentile £475 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -2.33%
75th Percentile £591 £700 £756
90th Percentile £783 £719 £935
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -2.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Record to Report 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 15,652 12,774 16,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.55% 87.39% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,590 7,494 10,922
10th Percentile £221 £243 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,719 732 1,219
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -32.33% +40.63%
75th Percentile £51.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.22 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%

Record to Report
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Record to Report job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Record to Report
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Record to Report.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Record to Report

Record to Report
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Record to Report in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Record to Report in the UK excluding London

Record to Report
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Record to Report.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Record to Report

Record to Report
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 Record to Report within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 -11 9 £500 -4.76% 23
Midlands - 4 £525 - 11
East Midlands - 3 £525 - 4
Scotland +9 1 £775 +89.02% 3
South West -4 1 - - 6
North West -27 1 - - 7
East of England -38 1 £580 -10.77% 12
North of England -58 1 - - 15
West Midlands - 1 £801 - 6
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (5.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) OCI
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
2 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
2 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (82.35%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Business Process Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 3 (17.65%) Process Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Cash Management Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) ERP Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Cutover Manager
5 1 (5.88%) ERP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.88%) Project Accountant
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Cutover Manager
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.88%) EDI
2 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.88%) Life Science
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) ERP
2 6 (35.29%) Order to Cash
2 6 (35.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 5 (29.41%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
4 4 (23.53%) Business Enablement
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Emotional Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Cash Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data Management
6 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
1 1 (5.88%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) ACCA
3 1 (5.88%) CIMA
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Anaplan
4 1 (5.88%) Ariba
4 1 (5.88%) Hyperion
4 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft