Bill of Materials Contracts

Bill of Materials
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Bill of Materials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bill of Materials 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 511 553 685
Rank change year-on-year +42 +132 +137
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 9 29 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.067% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.077% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 20
10th Percentile £346 £243 £406
25th Percentile £453 - £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £250 £538
Median % change year-on-year +115.00% -53.49% +2.38%
75th Percentile £559 £480 £575
90th Percentile £576 £650 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +30.07%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +143.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Bill of Materials 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%

Bill of Materials
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bill of Materials.

Daily rate trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bill of Materials.

Hourly rate trend for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bill of Materials 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 +43 8 £538 +115.00% 48
UK excluding London +48 6 £525 -7.08% 37
Work from Home +35 5 £563 +17.19% 24
South East +41 4 £525 -19.23% 12
London +34 3 £550 +120.00% 11
North of England +19 1 - - 11
North West +17 1 - - 6
Scotland +12 1 - - 1

Bill of Materials
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 (33.33%) AutoCAD
2 2 (22.22%) CATIA
2 2 (22.22%) Revit
3 1 (11.11%) PTC Creo
3 1 (11.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP IBP
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP EHS
2 1 (11.11%) SAP PLM
2 1 (11.11%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) ADSL
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) PSTN
2 1 (11.11%) SDH
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Automotive
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) CAD Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Design Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Product Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) CAD Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) CATIA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP PLM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Life Science
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CAD
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) PLM
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Case
3 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
3 2 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
4 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) Process Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Nokia
3 1 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) Fujitsu
3 1 (11.11%) Xilinx