Critical Path Analysis Contracts

Critical Path Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Critical Path Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Path Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 679 827
Rank change year-on-year +110 +148 -150
Contract jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 17 19 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.033% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.036% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 24
10th Percentile £403 £411 £349
25th Percentile £500 £427 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £594 £517 £475
90th Percentile £625 £605 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +27.78% - +44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 1
10th Percentile £46.90 £40.88 -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £29.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £49.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% +60.66% -25.61%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £31.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £49.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Critical Path 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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Critical Path Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Critical Path Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Path Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Path Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Path Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Path Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Path Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +105 15 £575 +27.78% 17
UK excluding London +63 15 £575 +27.78% 14
Work from Home +111 9 £558 +19.09% 9
South West +18 6 £588 - 3
South East +17 4 £389 -13.53% 5
North of England +24 2 - - 4
East of England +3 2 - - 2
North West - 2 - - 4
Midlands +30 1 £570 +16.92% 1
West Midlands +17 1 £570 +16.92% 1

Critical Path 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:

Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Primavera
2 4 (23.53%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Environmental Health
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Electronics
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Service Manager
1 6 (35.29%) Service Transition Manager
1 6 (35.29%) Transition Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Project Planner
3 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Project Controller
3 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Project Planning
3 8 (47.06%) Conflict Resolution
4 6 (35.29%) Change Management
4 6 (35.29%) ITIL
5 5 (29.41%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (29.41%) Service Management
5 5 (29.41%) SFIA
6 4 (23.53%) Business Performance Management
6 4 (23.53%) Coaching
6 4 (23.53%) Earned Value Management
6 4 (23.53%) Performance Management
6 4 (23.53%) Performance Measurement
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
7 3 (17.65%) Impact Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) ITSM
7 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
7 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) COBIT
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft