Customer-Centric Approach Contracts

Customer-Centric Approach
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Customer-Centric Approach skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer-Centric Approach 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 545 698 829
Rank change year-on-year +153 +131 -152
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centric Approach 55 18 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.030% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.034% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 27
10th Percentile £143 £172 £257
25th Percentile £188 £180 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £493 £460
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +7.07% -44.24%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £519
90th Percentile £645 £619 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £145 £180 £460
% change year-on-year -19.44% -60.87% -31.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £6.57 - -
Median hourly rate £7.85 - -
75th Percentile £12.82 - -
90th Percentile £15.03 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £7.85 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer-Centric Approach 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%

Customer-Centric Approach
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer-Centric Approach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centric Approach in the UK

Customer-Centric Approach
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centric Approach.

Daily rate trend for Customer-Centric Approach in the UK

Customer-Centric Approach
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centric Approach over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer-Centric Approach in the UK

Customer-Centric Approach
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centric Approach.

Hourly rate trend for Customer-Centric Approach in the UK

Customer-Centric Approach
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 Customer-Centric Approach 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 +158 55 £425 -13.71% 73
London +142 35 £475 -13.64% 22
UK excluding London +67 20 £145 -19.44% 53
Work from Home +135 19 £475 - 36
South West - 10 £145 - 5
South East +27 7 £295 -44.34% 10
North of England +32 2 £145 -61.07% 18
North West +27 2 £145 -61.07% 11
Midlands +24 1 £145 -19.44% 10
West Midlands +18 1 £145 -19.44% 3

Customer-Centric Approach
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 2 (3.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.09%) Google Workspace
3 5 (9.09%) Slack
4 4 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.27%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (5.45%) AWS
5 3 (5.45%) GCP
6 2 (3.64%) SaaS
7 1 (1.82%) IaaS
7 1 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) VoIP
2 1 (1.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) Couchbase
1 4 (7.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.64%) Karma Test Runner
3 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 40 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.82%) Finance
3 11 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (16.36%) Telecoms
6 8 (14.55%) Manufacturing
6 8 (14.55%) Marketing
7 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
8 6 (10.91%) Electronics
9 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (3.64%) Advertising
11 2 (3.64%) French Language
11 2 (3.64%) Games
12 1 (1.82%) Banking
12 1 (1.82%) Legal
12 1 (1.82%) Police
12 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (14.55%) Support Engineer
2 7 (12.73%) Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Desktop Support
5 4 (7.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) C++ Developer
6 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Developer
6 3 (5.45%) Development Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Lead
6 3 (5.45%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Software Development Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) IT Support
7 2 (3.64%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) Kafka
2 2 (3.64%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.64%) CSS
2 2 (3.64%) HTML
2 2 (3.64%) OpenAPI
2 2 (3.64%) Playwright
2 2 (3.64%) REST
2 2 (3.64%) Swagger
2 2 (3.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (1.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) PMI
2 2 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.82%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.82%) CMDB
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (1.82%) IVR
3 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.64%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 27 (49.09%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (30.91%) Agile
4 14 (25.45%) Customer Service
5 12 (21.82%) Roadmaps
6 10 (18.18%) Project Management
6 10 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 10 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (14.55%) Digital Marketing
7 8 (14.55%) Product Management
7 8 (14.55%) Programme Management
7 8 (14.55%) Project Delivery
7 8 (14.55%) Risk Management
7 8 (14.55%) Scrum
8 7 (12.73%) Process Improvement
9 6 (10.91%) Computer Science
9 6 (10.91%) Feasibility Study
9 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Management
9 6 (10.91%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (10.91%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) C++
2 4 (7.27%) Bicep
2 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.64%) C
3 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.64%) Python
3 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (3.64%) PgMP
3 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.82%) ACCA
4 1 (1.82%) CIMA
4 1 (1.82%) CISA
4 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.82%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Docker
2 3 (5.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) Progress Chef
1 4 (7.27%) Puppet
1 4 (7.27%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) AirWatch
2 1 (1.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.73%) SAP
3 5 (9.09%) Google
4 4 (7.27%) Oracle
5 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.82%) Citrix
6 1 (1.82%) Remedy