Taxonomies Contract Job Trends

Taxonomy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Taxonomies in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Taxonomies over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 483 531
Rank change year-on-year -44 +48 +69
Contract jobs citing Taxonomies 106 35 54
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.35% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 26 38
10th Percentile £350 £313 £263
25th Percentile £491 £458 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £395
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% +25.95% -39.23%
75th Percentile £681 £550 £588
90th Percentile £766 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £492 £380
% change year-on-year +6.71% +29.47% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 1
10th Percentile £55.30 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 £42.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - £52.50

All Generic Skills
UK

Taxonomies falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,984 9,914 12,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.36% 34.14% 30.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,842 6,246 8,301
10th Percentile £313 £300 £272
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 789 415 928
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.21 £15.24
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.05 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -6.90% +61.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.60 £82.25 £71.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.98% -6.26% +59.09%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Taxonomies relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Taxonomies job vacancy trend in the UK

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Taxonomies over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Taxonomies over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Taxonomies within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2026. 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 -40 96 £525 +6.06% 49
London -43 51 £538 +7.50% 27
UK excluding London -67 42 £525 +6.71% 25
Work from Home -19 36 £525 +6.71% 22
North of England -49 31 £525 +6.71% 12
Yorkshire -40 24 £500 +14.29% 4
South East -54 8 £525 - 10
North West -40 7 £650 +31.71% 5
Scotland - 2 £650 - 1
Midlands -55 1 £650 +225.00% 2
West Midlands -57 1 £650 +225.00% 1

Taxonomies
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.38%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.49%) CMS
3 5 (4.72%) Confluence
4 2 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.89%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.89%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.94%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (17.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.89%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.94%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.94%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.94%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 29 (27.36%) Azure
2 23 (21.70%) SaaS
3 22 (20.75%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (3.77%) Collibra
5 4 (3.77%) Figma
5 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.77%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.77%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.77%) ShareGate
6 3 (2.83%) AWS
6 3 (2.83%) GitHub
7 2 (1.89%) PaaS
7 2 (1.89%) Salsify
7 2 (1.89%) Serverless
8 1 (0.94%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) Firewall
1 2 (1.89%) IPFIX
1 2 (1.89%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (34.91%) Metadata
2 4 (3.77%) Power BI
3 3 (2.83%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (1.89%) Big Data
4 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.89%) Data Vault
4 2 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.89%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.89%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.94%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.94%) IDEF1X
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) ERwin
1 3 (2.83%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.94%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.94%) ER Studio
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) RStudio
2 1 (0.94%) ScriptRunner
General
1 33 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (22.64%) Finance
3 17 (16.04%) Publishing
4 16 (15.09%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 10 (9.43%) Legal
7 8 (7.55%) Banking
7 8 (7.55%) Retail
8 6 (5.66%) Marketing
9 4 (3.77%) Law
9 4 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.83%) Automotive
11 2 (1.89%) Local Government
11 2 (1.89%) Military
11 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Architect
2 14 (13.21%) Administrator
3 12 (11.32%) Designer
4 11 (10.38%) Lead
5 7 (6.60%) Data Architect
5 7 (6.60%) SAP Administrator
6 6 (5.66%) Consultant
6 6 (5.66%) Senior
7 5 (4.72%) Content Designer
7 5 (4.72%) Data Migration Lead
7 5 (4.72%) SAP Data Migration Lead
8 4 (3.77%) Analyst
8 4 (3.77%) Content Strategist
8 4 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.77%) Senior Designer
8 4 (3.77%) SharePoint Consultant
8 4 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.83%) Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Developer
9 3 (2.83%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.98%) SAP Basis
2 8 (7.55%) REST
3 6 (5.66%) Middleware
4 3 (2.83%) VML
5 2 (1.89%) .NET
5 2 (1.89%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.89%) JSON
5 2 (1.89%) Node.js
5 2 (1.89%) OAuth
5 2 (1.89%) SAML
5 2 (1.89%) SOAP
5 2 (1.89%) XML
6 1 (0.94%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.94%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.94%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.94%) Kafka
6 1 (0.94%) LangChain
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.94%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.94%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.64%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.49%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.60%) CMDB
4 6 (5.66%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.72%) AI Agents
6 4 (3.77%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.83%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.89%) Genomics
8 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.89%) Life Science
8 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.89%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.94%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.94%) Linux
1 1 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.19%) Continuous Improvement
1 32 (30.19%) Data Governance
2 28 (26.42%) Roadmaps
3 25 (23.58%) Analytics
4 22 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (19.81%) AI
5 21 (19.81%) Migration
6 20 (18.87%) BPMN
6 20 (18.87%) Computer Science
6 20 (18.87%) Data Modelling
7 19 (17.92%) Data Pipeline
8 18 (16.98%) Internal Audit
9 17 (16.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (15.09%) Agile
11 14 (13.21%) User Experience
12 12 (11.32%) Data Architecture
13 11 (10.38%) Decision-Making
13 11 (10.38%) Information Architecture
13 11 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (9.43%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.60%) Python
1 7 (6.60%) SQL
2 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.89%) C#
3 2 (1.89%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.94%) Bash
4 1 (0.94%) Gremlin
4 1 (0.94%) Java
4 1 (0.94%) SHACL
4 1 (0.94%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.75%) Degree
2 10 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.77%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.83%) CISSP
5 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.89%) GSEC
5 2 (1.89%) VCAP
5 2 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.94%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.49%) Accessibility
3 8 (7.55%) GDPR
4 7 (6.60%) GRC
4 7 (6.60%) NIST
5 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (5.66%) QA
6 3 (2.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.83%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.83%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.89%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.89%) WCAG
8 1 (0.94%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.94%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.94%) PMO
8 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.94%) SLA
8 1 (0.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.89%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (18.87%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.89%) SCCM
2 2 (1.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.94%) Fluentd
3 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.94%) logstash
3 1 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 28 (26.42%) SAP
2 20 (18.87%) Okta
3 11 (10.38%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.72%) IBM
6 4 (3.77%) Adobe
7 3 (2.83%) Databricks
7 3 (2.83%) Google
7 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.89%) Aderant
8 2 (1.89%) BMC
8 2 (1.89%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.89%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.89%) VMware
9 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.94%) GoldenSource
9 1 (0.94%) IDERA
9 1 (0.94%) Informatica
9 1 (0.94%) Meridio
9 1 (0.94%) OpenText