Attestation Contracts

Attestation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Attestation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Attestation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 579 685
Rank change year-on-year +73 +106 +124
Contract jobs citing Attestation 14 3 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.007% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.008% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 19
10th Percentile £344 £414 £543
25th Percentile £406 £420 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £430 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -33.85% -
75th Percentile £484 £440 £775
90th Percentile £685 £446 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £19.92
25th Percentile - - £32.54
Median hourly rate - - £39.55
75th Percentile - - £55.60
90th Percentile - - £84.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £39.55

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Attestation 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Attestation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Attestation in the UK

Attestation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Attestation in the UK

Attestation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Attestation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Attestation in the UK

Attestation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Attestation in the UK

Attestation
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 Attestation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +67 13 £425 -1.16% 41
Work from Home +46 7 £413 -8.33% 21
London +43 7 £713 +65.70% 34
UK excluding London +68 6 £413 - 13
North of England +24 6 £413 - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £413 -
North West +17 1 - - 3

Attestation
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 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (21.43%) OCI
1 3 (21.43%) PaaS
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle Technical Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Technical Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Android Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.14%) SCADA
1 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Android
1 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Information Security
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Document Management
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
2 3 (21.43%) Runbook
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) iOS Development
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Data Security
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) VBA
3 1 (7.14%) C#
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (21.43%) SOC 2
2 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Data Guard
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Google