Scorecard Contracts

Scorecards
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Scorecard skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scorecard over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 542 646
Rank change year-on-year +74 +104 +128
Contract jobs citing Scorecard 52 40 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.092% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 55
10th Percentile £252 £474 £407
25th Percentile £287 £506 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +13.21% +6.00%
75th Percentile £569 £700 £640
90th Percentile £798 £720 £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £650 £515
% change year-on-year -30.77% +26.21% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Scorecard 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Scorecard in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Scorecard in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scorecard over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scorecard in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Scorecard in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scorecard within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +64 45 £475 -20.83% 71
UK excluding London +71 30 £450 -30.77% 39
London +39 19 £433 -24.78% 44
Work from Home +46 16 £287 -50.09% 37
South West +50 9 £506 -4.48% 1
Scotland +17 6 £287 - 4
South East +43 5 - - 21
East of England +32 4 £430 - 1
Midlands +20 3 £475 -32.14% 6
North of England - 3 £500 - 4
West Midlands +11 2 £475 -32.14% 6
North West - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 1
East Midlands - 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 11 (21.15%) SAS
2 3 (5.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) Collibra
3 1 (1.92%) Azure
3 1 (1.92%) GitHub
3 1 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.92%) Power BI
2 11 (21.15%) Tableau
3 6 (11.54%) Metadata
4 4 (7.69%) Data Mining
4 4 (7.69%) QlikView
5 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.92%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.92%) Power Query
5 1 (1.92%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.92%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (1.92%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) GitLab
2 1 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 26 (50.00%) Finance
2 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
3 18 (34.62%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (15.38%) Banking
6 7 (13.46%) Retail
6 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.92%) Advertising
8 1 (1.92%) Aviation
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (40.38%) Analyst
2 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (13.46%) Report Analyst
2 7 (13.46%) Security Analyst
3 5 (9.62%) Architect
3 5 (9.62%) Business Analyst
3 5 (9.62%) Business Architect
3 5 (9.62%) Data Analyst
3 5 (9.62%) IT Manager
3 5 (9.62%) IT Operations Manager
3 5 (9.62%) Operations Manager
3 5 (9.62%) Performance Manager
4 4 (7.69%) Administrator
4 4 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Credit Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 3 (5.77%) Head of Analytics
5 3 (5.77%) Head of Data Analytics
5 3 (5.77%) Service Manager
5 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) .NET
1 1 (1.92%) ATL
1 1 (1.92%) LDAP
1 1 (1.92%) MDX
1 1 (1.92%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Security Posture
2 5 (9.62%) Credit Risk
2 5 (9.62%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (9.62%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.62%) Reference Data
3 3 (5.77%) Taxonomies
4 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Analytics
2 17 (32.69%) Decision-Making
3 15 (28.85%) Data Analysis
4 14 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 11 (21.15%) Visualisation
7 10 (19.23%) Agile
7 10 (19.23%) Business Analysis
7 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (19.23%) Quality Management
8 9 (17.31%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (17.31%) Balanced Scorecard
8 9 (17.31%) Business Case
9 8 (15.38%) Data Governance
9 8 (15.38%) Data Management
9 8 (15.38%) Project Management
10 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (11.54%) Business Strategy
11 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
11 6 (11.54%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (40.38%) SQL
2 17 (32.69%) Python
3 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
3 3 (5.77%) VBA
4 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.92%) Java
4 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (7.69%) GDPR
3 3 (5.77%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (5.77%) QA
4 1 (1.92%) CRD IV
4 1 (1.92%) IFRS
4 1 (1.92%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.92%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Informatica
2 3 (5.77%) Ab Initio
2 3 (5.77%) Alteryx
2 3 (5.77%) Dynatrace
2 3 (5.77%) Foundry
2 3 (5.77%) IBM
2 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
2 3 (5.77%) Splunk
3 2 (3.85%) TOWER Software
4 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.92%) SAP