Software Rationalisation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Rationalisation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Rationalisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Rationalisation over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Rationalisation 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
UK median daily rate £613 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £59.10 - -
25th Percentile £59.25 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - -
75th Percentile £59.75 - -
90th Percentile £59.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £59.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Rationalisation 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 12,174 17,598 20,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.58% 82.53% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,479 10,305 13,887
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £369 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,203 1,250
10th Percentile £13.82 £12.50 £11.00
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.50 £15.05
Median hourly rate £25.08 £38.12 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.22% +17.29% +54.76%
75th Percentile £57.55 £61.60 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% +7.14% +34.62%

Software Rationalisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Rationalisation in the UK excluding London

Software Rationalisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Rationalisation in the UK excluding London

Software Rationalisation
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 Software Rationalisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
East of England - 4 £450 - 14
South West - 1 - -
Software Rationalisation
UK

Software Rationalisation
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:

Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) AdminStudio
2 2 (40.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (40.00%) WiX
3 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Business Case
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (40.00%) Software Licensing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CBAP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft