Bill of Materials Contract Job Trends

Bill of Materials
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Bill of Materials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 539 585
Rank change year-on-year +11 +46 +242
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 17 21 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.055% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.064% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 23
10th Percentile £446 £533 £455
25th Percentile £491 £544 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% - -
75th Percentile £596 £650 £614
90th Percentile £720 - £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £605
% change year-on-year -9.09% -9.09% +42.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.64
25th Percentile £20.40 £35.00 £28.24
Median hourly rate £20.80 £45.00 £32.68
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +37.72% -45.54%
75th Percentile £21.19 £65.00 £36.51
90th Percentile - £77.00 £37.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.80 £45.00 £25.13
% change year-on-year -53.79% +79.10% -

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 30,061 32,646 43,560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.58% 85.93% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,665 19,743 29,592
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,877 1,341 1,583
10th Percentile £14.33 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.60
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +43.53%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.18 £74.44 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +71.89%

Bill of Materials
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bill of Materials relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Bill of Materials job vacancy trend in the UK

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
Top 9 Contract Job 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 4 October 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
UK excluding London +5 13 £500 -9.09% 7
England +4 11 £500 -23.08% 7
Scotland -2 5 £506 -7.95% 1
Midlands - 4 - -
West Midlands - 4 - -
London +26 3 £560 -13.85% 1
South East +5 3 £500 -9.09% 2
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 1

Bill of Materials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.88%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP PP
1 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.88%) SAP ERP
2 1 (5.88%) SAP PLM
2 1 (5.88%) SAP QM
2 1 (5.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) CATAPAN
3 1 (5.88%) ADSL
3 1 (5.88%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.88%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) Modbus
3 1 (5.88%) PSTN
3 1 (5.88%) SDH
3 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Automotive
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Games
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Floorwalker
2 3 (17.65%) Installations Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Network Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (11.76%) IoT
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (23.53%) Network Design
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (17.65%) Change Management
2 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
2 3 (17.65%) PLM
2 3 (17.65%) Production Planning
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Twin
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) ERP
3 2 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (11.76%) Order Management
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) BICSI RCDD
4 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.88%) CCNP
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.88%) HNC
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Juniper
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Nokia
4 1 (5.88%) Cadence
4 1 (5.88%) EMC
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Siemens
4 1 (5.88%) SYSPRO