PaperCut Contracts

PaperCut
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PaperCut skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PaperCut over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 711 852
Rank change year-on-year +133 +141 -176
Contract jobs citing PaperCut 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.078% 0.010% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £234 - £132
25th Percentile £413 - £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £230 £150
Median % change year-on-year +128.26% +53.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £538 - £174
90th Percentile - - £188
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 - £173

All Systems Management Skills
UK

PaperCut is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,135 9,699 14,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.77% 16.12% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,680 7,004 10,359
10th Percentile £252 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £570 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +1.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £671
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 209 189
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.74 £22.41 £15.88
Median hourly rate £30.75 £57.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% +158.08% -23.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £72.50 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.38 £83.15 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.25 £44.88 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +124.38% -9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PaperCut in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PaperCut in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaperCut over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaperCut in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PaperCut in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaperCut within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +127 4 £525 +128.26% 8
UK excluding London - 3 £525 - 8
South East - 2 £525 - 7
London +103 1 £120 -47.83%
Midlands - 1 £525 - 1

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MySQL
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CCTV
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) People Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Aruba
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) HP
1 3 (75.00%) Nimble Storage
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Sage
1 3 (75.00%) Veeam
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
1 3 (75.00%) WatchGuard
2 1 (25.00%) Google