Actionable Recommendations Contracts

Actionable Recommendations
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Actionable Recommendations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 684 818
Rank change year-on-year +169 +134 -185
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 64 16 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.027% 0.047%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.02% 0.20% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 13 36
10th Percentile £309 £164 £471
25th Percentile £350 £364 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £626
90th Percentile £770 £640 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £350 £550
% change year-on-year +33.93% -36.36% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £21.74 - -
25th Percentile £22.47 - -
Median hourly rate £25.44 - -
75th Percentile £33.06 - -
90th Percentile £39.48 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.87 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Actionable Recommendations is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,249 7,996 11,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.33% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,946 5,483 8,026
10th Percentile £300 £275 £294
25th Percentile £405 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.06 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.06
Median hourly rate £20.80 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% +31.58% +35.55%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.53
% change year-on-year -48.57% +62.60% +2.50%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +159 57 £513 - 65
UK excluding London +98 33 £469 +33.93% 37
London +126 23 £533 +1.52% 28
West Midlands +48 18 £642 +342.67% 4
Midlands +45 18 £642 +342.67% 8
North of England +37 13 £350 -36.36% 11
Work from Home +125 11 £508 -11.74% 29
North West - 10 £350 - 8
North East - 2 £513 -
East of England - 2 £425 - 4
Yorkshire +18 1 £400 -27.27% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Actionable Recommendations
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:

Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.69%) Google Analytics
2 3 (4.69%) Google Workspace
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.69%) Slack
3 2 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (1.56%) Azure
4 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.44%) Intrusion Detection
1 15 (23.44%) Network Security
2 1 (1.56%) DNS
2 1 (1.56%) Internet
2 1 (1.56%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (23.44%) Big Data
2 6 (9.38%) Power BI
3 4 (6.25%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.13%) Power Query
4 2 (3.13%) Tableau
5 1 (1.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 35 (54.69%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 16 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (15.63%) Finance
5 9 (14.06%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing
7 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 2 (3.13%) Military
9 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.56%) Legal
9 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) User Researcher
2 15 (23.44%) Analyst
3 12 (18.75%) Senior
4 6 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Senior User Researcher
5 4 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Lead
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.13%) Solutions Consultant
8 1 (1.56%) Operations Business Analyst
8 1 (1.56%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (1.56%) Principal Security Engineer
8 1 (1.56%) Senior Information Analyst
8 1 (1.56%) Social Media Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (23.44%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.44%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (23.44%) Distributed Applications
2 14 (21.88%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.13%) NHS
5 2 (3.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.44%) Windows
2 13 (20.31%) Android
2 13 (20.31%) Apple iOS
2 13 (20.31%) Linux
2 13 (20.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 23 (35.94%) Agile
3 20 (31.25%) Analytics
4 17 (26.56%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (26.56%) Data Analysis
4 17 (26.56%) Data Management
4 17 (26.56%) Information Security
4 17 (26.56%) User Research
5 16 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 16 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 15 (23.44%) Data Engineering
6 15 (23.44%) SIEM
7 14 (21.88%) Data Pipeline
7 14 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (21.88%) User Experience
8 13 (20.31%) Kalman Filter
8 13 (20.31%) Requirements Gathering
8 13 (20.31%) Security Operations
8 13 (20.31%) Usability Testing
9 12 (18.75%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) SQL
2 2 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Degree
1 14 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.31%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.13%) CISM
3 2 (3.13%) CISSP
3 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.56%) ACCA
4 1 (1.56%) CBAP
4 1 (1.56%) CCA
4 1 (1.56%) CCNP
4 1 (1.56%) CCSK
4 1 (1.56%) CCSP
4 1 (1.56%) CEH
4 1 (1.56%) CIMA
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.56%) CSSLP
4 1 (1.56%) IIBA
4 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
2 2 (3.13%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) SLA
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) GRC
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Red Hat
2 6 (9.38%) Google
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.13%) Qualys
5 1 (1.56%) Ariba
5 1 (1.56%) Brandwatch
5 1 (1.56%) Brio
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco
5 1 (1.56%) Facebook
5 1 (1.56%) Instagram
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.56%) Twitter