Cabinet Office Statement of Practice (COSoP)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cabinet Office Statement of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cabinet Office Statement of Practice over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 864 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -167 |
| Contract jobs citing Cabinet Office Statement of Practice | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.003% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.025% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £260 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £260 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
Cabinet Office Statement of Practice 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 | 6,207 | 7,903 | 11,785 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.30% | 13.38% | 13.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,942 | 5,432 | 8,083 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £280 | £295 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £479 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.62% | +6.44% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 383 | 237 | 299 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £12.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £16.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +25.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £60.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.50 | £77.50 | £66.20 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £32.50 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.62% | +54.39% | - |
Cabinet Office Statement of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Cabinet Office Statement of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cabinet Office Statement of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cabinet Office Statement of Practice.