Pricing Strategy Contracts

Pricing Strategies
UK

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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 691 815
Rank change year-on-year +137 +124 -116
Contract jobs citing Pricing Strategy 15 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.007% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.008% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 12
10th Percentile £363 - £356
25th Percentile £409 £663 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% -3.57% +36.59%
75th Percentile £698 £688 -
90th Percentile £725 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £676 £675 £525
% change year-on-year +0.15% +28.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Pricing Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,577 50,687 79,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.85% 89.72% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,572 35,094 55,727
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +9.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,481 1,678 1,891
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.13 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% +40.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%

Pricing Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pricing Strategy in the UK

Pricing Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Pricing Strategy in the UK

Pricing Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pricing Strategy over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pricing Strategy in the UK

Pricing Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Pricing Strategy in the UK

Pricing Strategy
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pricing Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +112 14 £588 -12.89% 68
London +97 7 £375 - 32
UK excluding London +51 7 £676 +0.15% 37
North of England +39 6 £688 - 11
North West - 6 £688 - 3
Work from Home - 4 £500 - 28
East of England +10 1 £450 -33.33% 3

Pricing Strategy
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 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.67%) SAP SD
General
1 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Commercial Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Pricing Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Pricing Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Project Portfolio Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP SD Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (40.00%) Application Security
2 6 (40.00%) Business Case
2 6 (40.00%) Business Development
2 6 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Data Strategy
2 6 (40.00%) Threat Management
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 3 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (20.00%) Document Management
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (13.33%) B2B
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) CISA
2 6 (40.00%) CISM
2 6 (40.00%) CISSP
2 6 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 6 (40.00%) MBA
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce