Cost-Benefit Analysis Contracts

Cost-Benefit Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cost-Benefit Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 670 768
Rank change year-on-year +98 +98 -114
Contract jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 28 46 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.087% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 22 54
10th Percentile £410 £401 £333
25th Percentile £425 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +6.84% +3.04%
75th Percentile £609 £613 £600
90th Percentile £667 £731 £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £518 £463
% change year-on-year -8.21% +11.89% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £60.92
25th Percentile - - £60.92
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year - +6.69% -
75th Percentile - - £60.93
90th Percentile - - £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 £60.93
% change year-on-year - +6.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis 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 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost-Benefit Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +103 24 £500 -2.91% 32
UK excluding London +49 16 £475 -8.21% 21
London +104 11 £500 - 11
Work from Home +111 9 £589 +13.27% 5
North of England +33 7 £463 +13.50% 8
North West +31 6 £463 +11.45% 5
Scotland +41 4 £413 -
South East +16 4 £589 +13.27% 4
Midlands +28 1 £475 -8.43% 3
Yorkshire +17 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £475 - 1

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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 1 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.57%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.71%) Law
6 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (7.14%) Police
6 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Front Office
7 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Local Government
7 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Analyst
2 15 (53.57%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Commodities Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Project Leader
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.57%) Software Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (17.86%) IoT
1 5 (17.86%) Robotics
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Business Analysis
1 12 (42.86%) Change Management
2 11 (39.29%) Business Case
3 9 (32.14%) Agile
3 9 (32.14%) Roadmaps
4 8 (28.57%) Project Management
5 6 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (21.43%) Use Case
5 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (17.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) User Stories
8 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
8 3 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (10.71%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) CCNA
3 1 (3.57%) CCNP
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) PMO
2 3 (10.71%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) vCloud
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Avamar
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) Aruba
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) EMC
3 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Sage
3 1 (3.57%) VMware