Culture of Ownership Contract Job Trends

Culture of Ownership (Ownership Culture)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Culture of Ownership in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Culture of Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 - 648
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Culture of Ownership 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.009% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £390
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - £550
75th Percentile - - £569
90th Percentile - - £580
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £550

All Generic Skills
UK

Culture of Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,702 11,714 15,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.52% 30.41% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,164 7,180 10,922
10th Percentile £300 £294 £300
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £754 £807 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 473 447
10th Percentile £15.13 £14.41 £16.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +69.81%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £66.72
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.11 £57.35 £49.00
% change year-on-year -47.51% +17.04% +124.98%

Culture of Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Culture of Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Culture of Ownership in the UK

Culture of Ownership
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Culture of Ownership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Culture of Ownership

Culture of Ownership
Top 1 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Culture of Ownership within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Work from Home - 1 £440 - 19

Culture of Ownership
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement