Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directives (UCITS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for UCITS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UCITS over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 717 848
Rank change year-on-year - +131 -166
Contract jobs citing UCITS 0 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.013% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £248
25th Percentile - £725 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +57.89% -40.63%
75th Percentile - £775 -
90th Percentile - - £550
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

UCITS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,171 7,924 11,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 13.40% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,916 5,449 8,078
10th Percentile £297 £280 £299
25th Percentile £403 £411 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +1.77% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 235 300
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.60 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.50 £67.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £33.39 £21.05
% change year-on-year -46.08% +58.60% +0.12%

UCITS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UCITS in the UK

UCITS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UCITS in the UK