Dublin Core Contracts

Dublin Core
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Dublin Core skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dublin Core over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 712 850
Rank change year-on-year - +138 -192
Contract jobs citing Dublin Core 0 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.050% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £551 £518
25th Percentile - £553 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile - £578 £594
90th Percentile - £584 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Dublin Core is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,260 8,047 11,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 13.26% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,967 5,521 8,122
10th Percentile £300 £275 £290
25th Percentile £405 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £613
90th Percentile £750 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 238 304
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.01 £11.75
25th Percentile £12.96 £18.50 £17.45
Median hourly rate £20.47 £37.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.79% +37.27% +30.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.69 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.50 £66.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.53
% change year-on-year -49.37% +62.60% +2.50%

Dublin Core
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dublin Core as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dublin Core in the UK

Dublin Core
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dublin Core.

Daily rate trend for Dublin Core in the UK