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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 718 826
Rank change year-on-year - +108 -162
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 6,264 8,008 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.34% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,961 5,483 8,038
10th Percentile £297 £275 £294
25th Percentile £405 £410 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 234 300
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £18.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £20.49 £37.75 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.74% +33.63% +34.36%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.71 £77.44 £67.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -49.37% +66.27% +0.24%

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