Task-Oriented Contracts

Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Task-Oriented skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Task-Oriented over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 698 834
Rank change year-on-year +118 +136 -149
Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented 2 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.010% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £181
25th Percentile - £425 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £255
Median % change year-on-year - +76.47% -36.25%
75th Percentile - £475 £321
90th Percentile - - £414
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 £318
% change year-on-year - +41.73% +44.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.88
Median hourly rate £12.87 - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.87 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task-Oriented 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 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
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 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Task-Oriented
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Task-Oriented as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Task-Oriented.

Daily rate trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task-Oriented.

Hourly rate trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Task-Oriented within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +94 2 - - 8
UK excluding London +57 2 - - 4
Work from Home +119 1 - - 2
Midlands +25 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -

Task-Oriented
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service Advisor
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Adviser
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft