Trade-off Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Trade-off Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Trade-off Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 385 -
Rank change year-on-year +50 - -
Contract jobs citing Trade-off Analysis 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.005% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £725 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £775 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £750 -
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis 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 11,622 17,293 20,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.49% 84.44% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,242 10,313 14,446
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £658 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 2,056 1,280
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £10.99
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £38.06 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.28% +8.74% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.26 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.64% +0.29% +41.73%

Trade-off Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Trade-off Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Trade-off Analysis in the UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Trade-off Analysis in the UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Trade-off Analysis in the UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis
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 Trade-off Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Scotland - 1 £600 - 3
Trade-off Analysis
UK

Trade-off Analysis
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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared