Swim Lanes Contracts

Swim Lane Diagrams
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Swim Lanes skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Swim Lanes over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 701 838
Rank change year-on-year +117 +137 -152
Contract jobs citing Swim Lanes 16 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.025% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.028% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 21
10th Percentile £300 £410 £350
25th Percentile £313 £458 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +41.18% -14.53%
75th Percentile £500 - £615
90th Percentile £558 £615 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £415 £375
% change year-on-year -21.69% +10.67% -20.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Swim Lanes 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 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Swim Lanes
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Swim Lanes in the UK

Swim Lanes
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Swim Lanes in the UK

Swim Lanes
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Swim Lanes over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Swim Lanes in the UK

Swim Lanes
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Swim Lanes in the UK

Swim Lanes
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 Swim Lanes within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +122 14 £438 -27.08% 3
Work from Home +135 11 £438 +6.71%
UK excluding London +64 10 £325 -21.69% 3
South East +26 6 £325 -20.25% 3
South West +26 4 - -

Swim Lanes
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 (25.00%) Confluence
2 3 (18.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Author
2 4 (25.00%) Digital Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Digital Business Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Technical Author
3 3 (18.75%) Programme Manager
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Network Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) JSON
1 2 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Tizen
1 1 (6.25%) tvOS
1 1 (6.25%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
3 6 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 6 (37.50%) User Stories
4 4 (25.00%) Coaching
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) SDLC
4 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (18.75%) Business Process Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) ERP
5 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
6 2 (12.50%) Backlog Management
6 2 (12.50%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
1 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
1 2 (12.50%) PSD2
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Adobe
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Samsung