SWOT Analysis Contracts

SWOT Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SWOT Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWOT Analysis 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 512 571 705
Rank change year-on-year +59 +134 +135
Contract jobs citing SWOT Analysis 8 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.029% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 11
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £425 £325 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £410
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +21.95% -11.83%
75th Percentile £581 £519 £463
90th Percentile £785 £543 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £350 £403
% change year-on-year +28.57% -13.25% -5.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SWOT Analysis 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%

SWOT Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SWOT Analysis in the UK

SWOT Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SWOT Analysis in the UK

SWOT Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SWOT Analysis in the UK

SWOT Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SWOT Analysis in the UK

SWOT Analysis
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SWOT Analysis 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
UK excluding London +65 8 £450 +28.57% 2
England +56 8 £450 +5.88% 12
Work from Home +42 5 £450 -10.00% 1
South East - 4 £450 - 1
North of England +19 3 £463 +32.14%
Yorkshire - 2 £463 -
North West +15 1 - -
East of England - 1 £900 -

SWOT Analysis
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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Lucidchart
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Statistics
3 3 (37.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Dell
1 2 (25.00%) Veritas
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle