Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Task-Oriented skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 560 | 551 | 637 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +86 | +206 |
| Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.006% | 0.016% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.007% | 0.018% | 0.016% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £427 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £440 | £343 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £474 | £402 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.38% | +17.84% | +34.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £500 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £692 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £474 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.33% | +50.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £12.87 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £12.87 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Task-Oriented 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 | 29,782 | 33,017 | 44,492 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.52% | 85.70% | 89.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,496 | 20,222 | 30,222 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £309 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | -1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,816 | 1,455 | 1,568 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.23 | £14.90 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £20.00 | £18.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £43.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | -1.81% | +53.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.05 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.00 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £43.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.67% | +1.18% | +84.78% |
Task-Oriented
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Task-Oriented as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Task-Oriented.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task-Oriented over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Task-Oriented.
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Top 3 Contract Job 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 20 September 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 | +9 | 2 | £500 | +5.38% | 5 |
| London | - | 2 | £500 | - | 5 |
| Work from Home | +31 | 1 | £274 | - | 7 |
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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: