Knowledge Transfer Contract Job Trends

Knowledge Transfer
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 232 253
Rank change year-on-year +76 +21 +59
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 640 387 432
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.76% 1.12% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.27% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 229 272
10th Percentile £400 £400 £351
25th Percentile £453 £473 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £529
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.02% -2.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £617
90th Percentile £738 £723 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £480
% change year-on-year +4.76% +9.38% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 14
10th Percentile £40.83 £14.31 £41.78
25th Percentile £61.33 £15.95 £79.13
Median hourly rate £72.18 £18.70 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +286.09% -78.01% +385.71%
75th Percentile £76.69 £21.44 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.75 £23.08 £87.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.75 £18.70 £52.75
% change year-on-year +305.19% -64.56% +205.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Knowledge Transfer 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 32,261 30,399 39,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.54% 87.91% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,301 18,546 26,335
10th Percentile £300 £306 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,097 1,021 1,510
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.53 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.23% -26.97% +37.98%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Knowledge Transfer job vacancy trend in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Knowledge Transfer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Knowledge Transfer.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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 +61 518 £550 - 344
UK excluding London +73 317 £550 +4.76% 352
London +18 201 £550 - 30
Work from Home +59 199 £500 -9.09% 115
South West +52 94 £713 +50.00% 42
South East +21 60 £550 +4.76% 98
Midlands 0 53 £500 -18.03% 66
North of England -19 53 £551 +10.19% 70
West Midlands -1 46 £500 -19.35% 35
North West -9 38 £527 +5.40% 31
East of England +10 36 £515 +3.00% 57
Scotland +1 23 £528 +11.05% 15
Yorkshire -40 9 £500 -4.76% 35
East Midlands -13 7 £515 - 27
North East -8 5 £588 +23.68% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £475 - 5
Wales -3 1 £550 +43.79% 8

Knowledge Transfer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 40 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 37 (5.78%) Confluence
3 24 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.19%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.63%) CICS
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.72%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Navisworks
6 2 (0.31%) Revit
6 2 (0.31%) Windchill
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 36 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.19%) Teamcenter
3 11 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (1.41%) SAP FI
4 9 (1.41%) SAP MM
5 8 (1.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 6 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.78%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.47%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle SCM
8 3 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.47%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.47%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.47%) SAP SCM
9 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.31%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 119 (18.59%) Azure
2 61 (9.53%) AWS
3 45 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 26 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (4.06%) Power Platform
7 22 (3.44%) GitHub
8 18 (2.81%) OCI
9 16 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.19%) Serverless
11 11 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.56%) GCP
12 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (1.41%) Azure Functions
13 9 (1.41%) SaaS
14 8 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.25%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.09%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (7.50%) Firewall
2 32 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 30 (4.69%) DNS
3 30 (4.69%) VPN
4 21 (3.28%) DHCP
5 18 (2.81%) Network Security
6 17 (2.66%) BGP
7 15 (2.34%) Skype
7 15 (2.34%) SSL
7 15 (2.34%) WAN
8 11 (1.72%) OSPF
9 10 (1.56%) IPsec
9 10 (1.56%) MPLS
10 7 (1.09%) VLAN
11 6 (0.94%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.94%) Wireless
12 5 (0.78%) CTI
12 5 (0.78%) DMARC
12 5 (0.78%) HTTP
12 5 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.50%) Power BI
3 13 (2.03%) Metadata
4 9 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.78%) MySQL
7 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.31%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.31%) GIS
9 2 (0.31%) Power Query
9 2 (0.31%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.31%) Tableau
10 1 (0.16%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 53 (8.28%) JIRA
2 10 (1.56%) Git
2 10 (1.56%) GitLab
3 9 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.47%) Mocha
5 3 (0.47%) Postman
6 2 (0.31%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.31%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.16%) ERwin
7 1 (0.16%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.16%) MSI
7 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
General
1 294 (45.94%) Social Skills
2 155 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
3 110 (17.19%) Finance
4 93 (14.53%) Public Sector
5 45 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
6 35 (5.47%) Military
7 34 (5.31%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.81%) Banking
9 14 (2.19%) Retail
10 13 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.72%) Legal
12 10 (1.56%) Billing
13 9 (1.41%) Marketing
14 7 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.94%) Local Government
15 6 (0.94%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.78%) Back Office
16 5 (0.78%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (23.44%) Consultant
2 79 (12.34%) Architect
3 73 (11.41%) Developer
4 55 (8.59%) Lead
5 42 (6.56%) Senior
6 38 (5.94%) Analyst
7 31 (4.84%) SAP Consultant
8 30 (4.69%) Service Architect
9 18 (2.81%) Oracle Consultant
9 18 (2.81%) Support Engineer
10 17 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (2.66%) Network Engineer
11 16 (2.50%) ServiceNow Developer
12 15 (2.34%) Business Analyst
12 15 (2.34%) Security Engineer
12 15 (2.34%) Site Engineer
12 15 (2.34%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Engineer
13 13 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.88%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (2.66%) REST
3 16 (2.50%) .NET
4 15 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (2.03%) ARM Templates
5 13 (2.03%) CSS
6 12 (1.88%) HTML
7 10 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.41%) React
8 9 (1.41%) SAPUI5
8 9 (1.41%) SOAP
9 7 (1.09%) OAuth
10 6 (0.94%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.94%) LDAP
10 6 (0.94%) OpenID
10 6 (0.94%) PySpark
10 6 (0.94%) SAML
10 6 (0.94%) SAP Basis
10 6 (0.94%) SAP Business Workflow
10 6 (0.94%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.66%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (2.81%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.81%) PKI
5 17 (2.66%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.88%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.25%) NHS
11 8 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.09%) IVR
12 7 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
13 6 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.13%) Windows
2 33 (5.16%) Linux
3 14 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.03%) Unix
5 11 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.25%) VMS
7 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.63%) zOS
8 2 (0.31%) Android
8 2 (0.31%) SUSE
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (19.69%) Migration
3 121 (18.91%) Agile
4 110 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 96 (15.00%) DevOps
6 92 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 75 (11.72%) User Acceptance Testing
8 68 (10.63%) ITIL
9 64 (10.00%) Service Management
10 63 (9.84%) Validation
11 60 (9.38%) CI/CD
12 55 (8.59%) Mentoring
13 50 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (7.66%) Analytics
15 47 (7.34%) ERP
16 46 (7.19%) Data Migration
17 45 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
18 44 (6.88%) Workshop Facilitation
19 43 (6.72%) Business Continuity
19 43 (6.72%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.00%) SQL
2 60 (9.38%) Python
3 53 (8.28%) PowerShell
4 25 (3.91%) Bash
5 20 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.81%) ABAP
7 17 (2.66%) Java
8 12 (1.88%) Bicep
8 12 (1.88%) C#
9 9 (1.41%) Groovy
10 8 (1.25%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.63%) CLIST
11 4 (0.63%) JCL
11 4 (0.63%) REXX
11 4 (0.63%) VBA
12 3 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.31%) Korn
13 2 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 206 (32.19%) Security Cleared
2 165 (25.78%) SC Cleared
3 81 (12.66%) Degree
4 42 (6.56%) DV Cleared
5 30 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 29 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.88%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.25%) CCNP
11 8 (1.25%) CISSP
11 8 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.94%) CCIE
12 6 (0.94%) CISM
12 6 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.78%) PMP
14 4 (0.63%) CCNA
14 4 (0.63%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.63%) QA
2 30 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.97%) GDPR
5 11 (1.72%) NIST
6 10 (1.56%) NCSC
7 8 (1.25%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.09%) PMO
9 6 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.63%) GRC
12 3 (0.47%) SLA
12 3 (0.47%) WCAG
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.16%) FedRAMP
14 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.63%) Docker
3 16 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.72%) VMware NSX
4 11 (1.72%) vSphere
5 7 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.78%) NDS
6 5 (0.78%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.63%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.47%) Ceph
8 3 (0.47%) Firmware
8 3 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.31%) Lustre
10 1 (0.16%) IAG
10 1 (0.16%) KVM
10 1 (0.16%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 49 (7.66%) Terraform
2 43 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.69%) OPNET
4 26 (4.06%) Ansible
5 16 (2.50%) SCCM
6 11 (1.72%) Puppet
7 10 (1.56%) Grafana
7 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.41%) Kibana
9 6 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.63%) CA Endevor
10 4 (0.63%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.63%) OMEGAMON
10 4 (0.63%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.63%) Rancher
11 3 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.47%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.31%) Istio
12 2 (0.31%) linkerd
12 2 (0.31%) vMotion
Vendors
1 126 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.94%) SAP
3 67 (10.47%) ServiceNow
4 65 (10.16%) Oracle
5 34 (5.31%) Atlassian
6 31 (4.84%) Remedy
6 31 (4.84%) VMware
7 23 (3.59%) Cisco
8 16 (2.50%) Databricks
8 16 (2.50%) OpenText
9 15 (2.34%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.19%) Splunk
11 13 (2.03%) Juniper
12 12 (1.88%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.88%) Salesforce
12 12 (1.88%) Workday
13 10 (1.56%) Siemens
14 9 (1.41%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.25%) Dell
16 7 (1.09%) Aruba