Software Rationalisation Contracts

Software Rationalisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Software Rationalisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Rationalisation over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Rationalisation 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £516 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £741 - -
90th Percentile £799 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £59.10 - -
25th Percentile £59.25 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - -
75th Percentile £59.75 - -
90th Percentile £59.90 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Rationalisation 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 26,670 36,910 49,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 85.25% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,899 23,591 34,538
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +2.33%
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% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,170 2,563 1,686
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.69
25th Percentile £17.53 £16.00 £15.54
Median hourly rate £27.45 £36.50 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -24.79% +2.38% +38.82%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +70.69%

Software Rationalisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Rationalisation in the UK

Software Rationalisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Rationalisation in the UK

Software Rationalisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Rationalisation over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Rationalisation in the UK

Software Rationalisation
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 Software Rationalisation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 - 4 £450 - 13
UK excluding London - 4 £450 - 13
East of England - 3 £450 - 13
South West - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 1

Software Rationalisation
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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) AdminStudio
2 2 (40.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (40.00%) WiX
3 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Applications Packager
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) ICT Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) ICT Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Software Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Software Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CBAP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft