Acoustics Contracts

Acoustics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 688 837
Rank change year-on-year +117 +149 -107
Contract jobs citing Acoustics 13 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.100% 0.049% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £441 £505 -
25th Percentile £503 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% +5.05% -
75th Percentile £619 £538 £550
90th Percentile - £545 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.62% +5.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £42.75 - -
25th Percentile £43.13 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £46.88 - -
90th Percentile £47.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Acoustics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

Acoustics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Acoustics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acoustics.

Daily rate trend for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acoustics over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acoustics.

Hourly rate trend for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the UK over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. 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
England +89 12 £506 -3.62% 53
London +87 9 £613 - 9
UK excluding London +28 4 £506 -3.62% 45
Work from Home +114 2 £400 - 11
East of England - 2 £400 - 7
South West - 1 - - 11
Wales - 1 £613 - 1

Acoustics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (53.85%) CMS
1 7 (53.85%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Contentful
2 3 (23.08%) Contentstack
2 3 (23.08%) prismic.io
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Multimedia
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) CMS Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Content Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Content Strategist
3 1 (7.69%) MATLAB Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 2 (15.38%) Podcast
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
1 5 (38.46%) B2C
2 4 (30.77%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (23.08%) Personalization
3 3 (23.08%) Six Sigma
3 3 (23.08%) User Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Service Management
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Video Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) Kanban
5 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) QinetiQ
1 1 (7.69%) SAP