Executive Assistant Contracts

Executive Assistant
UK

The median Executive Assistant daily rate in the UK is £208 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 695 854
Rank change year-on-year +116 +159 -157
Contract jobs requiring an Executive Assistant 11 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.014% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £166 £226
25th Percentile £155 £207 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £275 £284
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% -3.08% +19.47%
75th Percentile £276 £306 £336
90th Percentile £313 £325 £393
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £143 £265
% change year-on-year +137.19% -46.23% -18.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
Median hourly rate £27.81 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.37% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Executive Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Executive Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Executive Assistant in the UK

Executive Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Executive Assistant.

Daily rate trend for Executive Assistant in the UK

Executive Assistant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Executive Assistant over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Executive Assistant in the UK

Executive Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Executive Assistant.

Hourly rate trend for Executive Assistant in the UK

Executive Assistant
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Executive Assistant within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +129 11 £208 -11.23% 20
London +99 10 £160 -50.77% 10
Work from Home +127 7 - - 9
UK excluding London +53 1 £338 +137.19% 10
Midlands - 1 £338 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £338 - 1

Executive Assistant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Executive Assistant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Executive Assistant in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) WebEx
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared

Executive Assistant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) WebEx
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle