Social Housing Contracts

Social Housing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Housing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 708 844
Rank change year-on-year +155 +136 -171
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 33 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.013% 0.012%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.022% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 6
10th Percentile £317 £240 £366
25th Percentile £428 £263 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £300 £425
Median % change year-on-year +50.42% -29.41% +13.33%
75th Percentile £597 £480 £472
90th Percentile £650 £588 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £640 £450
% change year-on-year -27.73% +42.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £17.00 - -
25th Percentile £23.95 - -
Median hourly rate £35.96 - -
75th Percentile £39.25 - -
90th Percentile £40.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.11 - -

All General Skills
UK

Social Housing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,434 35,571 50,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.25% 58.63% 55.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,084 24,564 34,730
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £648
90th Percentile £751 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,914 1,108 1,455
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.40 £18.22 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.42 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £30.75 £18.35
% change year-on-year -13.29% +67.56% -8.25%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +138 30 £463 +3.93% 92
London +125 18 £495 +98.00% 23
Work from Home +133 10 £550 +100.00% 24
UK excluding London +73 9 £463 -27.73% 81
Midlands +39 5 £559 - 17
North of England - 3 £283 - 25
North West - 2 £190 - 17
East Midlands - 2 £559 - 8
West Midlands +27 1 £595 - 9
South West - 1 £463 - 11
Yorkshire - 1 £375 - 6

Social Housing
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 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) OPENHousing
2 1 (3.03%) Aareon QL
2 1 (3.03%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.06%) Power BI
4 1 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (3.03%) GIS
4 1 (3.03%) MS Access
4 1 (3.03%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Local Government
3 5 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Billing
6 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Lead
2 8 (24.24%) Data Migration Lead
3 7 (21.21%) Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
3 7 (21.21%) Senior
4 5 (15.15%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Administrator
6 2 (6.06%) Data Migration Specialist
6 2 (6.06%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.06%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.03%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Developer
7 1 (3.03%) ERP Specialist
7 1 (3.03%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Housing Association
3 1 (3.03%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.03%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Data Migration
1 10 (30.30%) Migration
2 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.21%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 7 (21.21%) Business Transformation
4 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.15%) Decarbonisation
5 5 (15.15%) Project Management
6 4 (12.12%) Integration Testing
6 4 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 3 (9.09%) ERP
7 3 (9.09%) ITIL
7 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.06%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.06%) Information Governance
8 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Capita
3 4 (12.12%) Northgate
4 2 (6.06%) Civica
5 1 (3.03%) Aareon
5 1 (3.03%) NEC