Bill of Materials Contracts

Bill of Materials
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bill of Materials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 661 809
Rank change year-on-year +101 +148 -123
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 27 34 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.061% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.068% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 20
10th Percentile - £450 £354
25th Percentile - £463 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% +4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £725 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £544
% change year-on-year +18.18% +1.15% +13.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £25.30 - -
25th Percentile £35.65 - £46.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £47.30
75th Percentile £75.00 - £48.45
90th Percentile £87.80 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Bill of Materials is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,749 50,370 79,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 89.70% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 34,859 55,702
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £486
% change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,511 1,675 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

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 29 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bill of Materials over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Bill of Materials in the UK

Bill of Materials
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 Bill of Materials within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 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 +95 22 £250 -54.55% 67
UK excluding London +49 18 £650 +18.18% 53
Work from Home +117 9 - - 21
London +90 8 £250 -51.22% 10
South East -2 7 £650 +18.18% 12
Wales +20 4 - - 1
East of England - 4 - - 7
North of England +27 1 - - 17
Midlands +20 1 - - 6
North West +20 1 - - 13
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 9

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.81%) Acrobat
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
4 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) SmartPlant
2 2 (7.41%) Teamcenter
3 1 (3.70%) Primavera
3 1 (3.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (3.70%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) 4G
1 3 (11.11%) 5G
1 3 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (7.41%) 3GPP
2 2 (7.41%) 5G NR
2 2 (7.41%) BGP
2 2 (7.41%) DNS
2 2 (7.41%) HTTP
2 2 (7.41%) IPv6
2 2 (7.41%) LTE
2 2 (7.41%) OSPF
2 2 (7.41%) SAN
2 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
General
1 12 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 4 (14.81%) Local Government
4 4 (14.81%) Marketing
4 4 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Back Office
6 1 (3.70%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) Designer
2 5 (18.52%) Telecoms Designer
3 4 (14.81%) Bid Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Coordinator
3 4 (14.81%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (11.11%) Design Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (7.41%) IT Architect
5 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) RAN Design Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Bid Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior VMware Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Logistics
1 7 (25.93%) Project Management
2 5 (18.52%) 3D Modelling
2 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (18.52%) Value Proposition
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
3 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) Time Management
3 4 (14.81%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 3 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (11.11%) Network Design
4 3 (11.11%) Psychology
4 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 3 (11.11%) Use Case
4 3 (11.11%) Validation
5 2 (7.41%) Prototyping
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
2 4 (14.81%) PMP
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.41%) PhD
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) CISA
4 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Adobe
2 4 (14.81%) SAP
3 3 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) Ericsson
4 2 (7.41%) Nokia
4 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.70%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (3.70%) Autodesk
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle