Task-Oriented Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing Task-Oriented skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 - 357
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% - 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% - 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile - - £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - £500
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £537 £725 £500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +45.00% +46.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Task-Oriented falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 23,709 15,166 13,919
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.08% 88.32% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,943 9,217 7,967
10th Percentile £300 £220 £250
25th Percentile £410 £369 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £672 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,259 1,702 878
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.23 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.09 £17.14 £18.42
Median hourly rate £34.28 £22.53 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -31.73% -24.70%
75th Percentile £67.47 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -28.14% -18.92%

Task-Oriented Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Task-Oriented job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Task-Oriented Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task-Oriented.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task-Oriented

Task-Oriented Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task-Oriented.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task-Oriented

Task-Oriented 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 Task-Oriented within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 4 £537 - 3
North of England - 4 £537 - 4
Task-Oriented
UK

Task-Oriented Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile100.0%4
1CI/CD100.0%4
1Clean Code100.0%4
1Computer Science100.0%4
1DevOps100.0%4
1Microservices100.0%4
1OO100.0%4
1OOD100.0%4
1Scrum100.0%4
1TDD100.0%4
1Test Automation100.0%4
1User Acceptance Testing100.0%4
1User Stories100.0%4
14Full-Stack Development25.0%1