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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 539 625
Rank change year-on-year +44 +86 +159
Contract jobs citing Scorecard 32 49 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 55
10th Percentile £250 £418 £379
25th Percentile £287 £501 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £600 £501
Median % change year-on-year -30.83% +19.88% -9.00%
75th Percentile £492 £700 £640
90th Percentile £638 £740 £768
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 27,594 37,018 49,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.06% 85.18% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,435 23,595 34,319
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,318 2,562 1,697
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.40
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £53.93 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £38.12 £32.40
% change year-on-year -35.51% +17.65% +54.29%

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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 26 June 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 10 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 26 June 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 +39 25 £440 -26.67% 87
UK excluding London +36 16 £450 -30.77% 47
London +48 14 £287 -52.17% 58
Work from Home +39 12 £287 -45.85% 56
Scotland +12 6 £287 - 16
South West +43 3 £450 -15.09% 1
South East +30 3 £492 -12.14% 18
East of England +28 3 £423 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £625 - 4
North of England - 1 £625 - 8

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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 4 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.38%) Datadog
2 3 (9.38%) Serverless
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (3.13%) SaaS
3 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) Power BI
2 8 (25.00%) Tableau
3 3 (9.38%) Metadata
4 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (3.13%) Power Query
4 1 (3.13%) PowerPivot
4 1 (3.13%) QlikView
4 1 (3.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) GitLab
2 1 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Finance
3 9 (28.13%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Advertising
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Report Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Security Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Credit Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Business Architect
5 2 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Administrator
6 1 (3.13%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) SAS Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) .NET
1 1 (3.13%) ATL
1 1 (3.13%) LDAP
1 1 (3.13%) MDX
1 1 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Security Posture
2 5 (15.63%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (12.50%) Credit Risk
3 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 2 (6.25%) Reference Data
5 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.13%) FMCG
5 1 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (28.13%) Decision-Making
3 8 (25.00%) Analytics
3 8 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 8 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.88%) Visualisation
5 6 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (18.75%) Business Case
5 6 (18.75%) Project Management
5 6 (18.75%) Security Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
7 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) Data Management
8 3 (9.38%) Mathematics
8 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.38%) Process Management
8 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (43.75%) SQL
2 11 (34.38%) Python
3 3 (9.38%) VBA
4 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.13%) Java
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
1 3 (9.38%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (3.13%) CRD IV
2 1 (3.13%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS 9
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Progress Chef
1 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) SAP
2 3 (9.38%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.13%) Informatica
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce