Design to Cost (DTC)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Design-to-Cost skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design-to-Cost over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 567 | 677 | 851 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +110 | +174 | -140 |
| Contract jobs citing Design-to-Cost | 4 | 19 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.033% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.011% | 0.037% | 0.015% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £41.65 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £42.50 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.83 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.29% | - | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51.90 | £47.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56.29 | £52.10 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.83 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.29% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Design-to-Cost 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 | 36,539 | 50,904 | 80,008 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.04% | 89.75% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,560 | 35,264 | 56,167 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £440 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,438 | 1,684 | 1,915 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.75 | £15.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.27 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.76% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.51 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +75.00% | -6.21% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Design-to-Cost as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design-to-Cost.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design-to-Cost.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design-to-Cost within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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 | +83 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +27 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | +9 | 4 | - | - |
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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:
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