Demand Management Contracts

Demand Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Demand Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Demand Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 547 588
Rank change year-on-year +71 +41 +169
Contract jobs citing Demand Management 44 35 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.080% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.093% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 71
10th Percentile £313 £360 £331
25th Percentile £336 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +18.28% -19.13%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £663 £718 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -31.58% +18.75% -23.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 16
10th Percentile £71.76 £63.38 -
25th Percentile £74.10 £65.94 -
Median hourly rate £80.59 £75.40 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% +15.99% +83.10%
75th Percentile £84.48 £82.07 £65.75
90th Percentile £85.26 £82.96 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.59 £79.47 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.40% +22.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Demand Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Demand Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Demand Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Demand Management in the UK

Demand Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Demand Management.

Daily rate trend for Demand Management in the UK

Demand Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Demand Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Demand Management in the UK

Demand Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Demand Management.

Hourly rate trend for Demand Management in the UK

Demand Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Demand Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +65 38 £450 -23.40% 34
UK excluding London +78 25 £325 -31.58% 15
Work from Home +49 20 £538 -6.52% 22
London +35 14 £600 - 18
Midlands - 8 £313 - 2
West Midlands - 8 £313 - 2
North of England +21 6 £325 - 7
North West +18 5 £325 - 5
South East - 5 £463 - 5
South West +44 2 - - 2
East of England +31 2 £515 -
Scotland +13 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £240 - 2
Wales - 1 - -

Demand Management
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 (4.55%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) SAP IBP
1 2 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) SaaS
2 1 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) Selenium
2 2 (4.55%) SpecFlow
General
1 24 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Back Office
4 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Automotive
5 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Local Government
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Lead
2 6 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (6.82%) Architect
3 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) Commercial Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) Consultant
4 2 (4.55%) Data Centre Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Data Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Designer
4 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Procurement Project Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Product Lead
4 2 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.55%) QA Leader
4 2 (4.55%) Report Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) Sales Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) Senior
4 2 (4.55%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (4.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Ajax
1 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.55%) Bootstrap
1 2 (4.55%) LDAP
1 2 (4.55%) Node.js
1 2 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) CMDB
3 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) FMCG
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.27%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 11 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 9 (20.45%) Agile
3 9 (20.45%) Business Case
3 9 (20.45%) Resource Allocation
4 8 (18.18%) Data Collection
4 8 (18.18%) Project Management
4 8 (18.18%) Workflow
5 7 (15.91%) Incident Management
5 7 (15.91%) ITIL
5 7 (15.91%) Portfolio Management
5 7 (15.91%) Roadmaps
6 6 (13.64%) Analytics
6 6 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (13.64%) Change Management
6 6 (13.64%) Resource Management
6 6 (13.64%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (9.09%) Backlog Management
7 4 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) C#
1 2 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.55%) PMP
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) QA
2 4 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 4 (9.09%) PMO
3 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.18%) Atlassian
3 4 (9.09%) SAP
3 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.55%) VMware
5 1 (2.27%) Ariba