Knowledge Transfer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Knowledge Transfer
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Knowledge Transfer 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 195 218 244
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 +100
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 109 128 254
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 0.83% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.95% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 92 183
10th Percentile £374 £375 £401
25th Percentile £452 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -6.93% +7.50%
75th Percentile £640 £591 £675
90th Percentile £757 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK median hourly rate £37.04 £50.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +194.12% +7.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Knowledge Transfer falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Knowledge Transfer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Knowledge Transfer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Knowledge Transfer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Knowledge Transfer.

Knowledge Transfer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Knowledge Transfer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Knowledge Transfer.

Knowledge Transfer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Knowledge Transfer
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.75%) PowerExchange
2 2 (1.83%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.92%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) nginx
3 1 (0.92%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) SAP IBP
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.92%) Kondor
4 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.92%) Primavera
4 1 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.92%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.92%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.92%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.92%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.92%) UltiPro
4 1 (0.92%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.43%) Azure
2 9 (8.26%) AWS
3 6 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.59%) OCI
4 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.67%) GCP
5 4 (3.67%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.75%) SaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.83%) Datadog
7 2 (1.83%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.83%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.83%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.92%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.50%) Firewall
2 3 (2.75%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.83%) BGP
3 2 (1.83%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (1.83%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.83%) Internet
3 2 (1.83%) LAN
3 2 (1.83%) Network Security
3 2 (1.83%) SSH
3 2 (1.83%) SSL
3 2 (1.83%) VXLAN
3 2 (1.83%) WAN
4 1 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.92%) DHCP
4 1 (0.92%) DNS
4 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.92%) SAN
4 1 (0.92%) VPN
4 1 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.75%) KDB
1 3 (2.75%) Kdb+
1 3 (2.75%) MySQL
1 3 (2.75%) Oracle Database
1 3 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.75%) Power BI
2 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.92%) GIS
3 1 (0.92%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) JIRA
1 2 (1.83%) Postman
2 1 (0.92%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.92%) TestRail
General
1 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (19.27%) Finance
3 17 (15.60%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.42%) Retail
5 4 (3.67%) Banking
5 4 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Law
7 2 (1.83%) Local Government
7 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.92%) Billing
8 1 (0.92%) Bulgarian Language
8 1 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.92%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.92%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.92%) Marketing
8 1 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (27.52%) Consultant
2 14 (12.84%) Senior
3 12 (11.01%) Developer
4 7 (6.42%) Lead
5 6 (5.50%) Build Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Data Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Migration Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (3.67%) Architect
7 4 (3.67%) Data Migration Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (3.67%) Senior Build Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Analyst
8 3 (2.75%) Analytics Developer
8 3 (2.75%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.67%) Spring
2 4 (3.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.75%) Node.js
4 2 (1.83%) .NET
4 2 (1.83%) OAuth
4 2 (1.83%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.83%) SAML
5 1 (0.92%) CSS
5 1 (0.92%) EDI
5 1 (0.92%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.92%) HTML
5 1 (0.92%) OpenID
5 1 (0.92%) React
5 1 (0.92%) REST
5 1 (0.92%) RESTful
5 1 (0.92%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.92%) SOAP
5 1 (0.92%) Web Services
5 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) Private Cloud
2 7 (6.42%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.42%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.59%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.59%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.59%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.75%) Equities
5 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.83%) FMCG
6 2 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.83%) Wiki
7 1 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.92%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.92%) Derivative
7 1 (0.92%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.26%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Linux
3 3 (2.75%) Unix
4 2 (1.83%) Android
4 2 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.92%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.19%) Migration
2 29 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.84%) Agile
3 14 (12.84%) Data Migration
4 13 (11.93%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (11.93%) Validation
5 12 (11.01%) DevOps
5 12 (11.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (10.09%) Analytics
7 10 (9.17%) Change Management
7 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (8.26%) Project Management
9 8 (7.34%) ERP
9 8 (7.34%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (6.42%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (5.50%) Data Modelling
11 6 (5.50%) Process Improvement
11 6 (5.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.68%) PowerShell
2 15 (13.76%) Python
3 8 (7.34%) Java
3 8 (7.34%) SQL
4 6 (5.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.67%) Bash
6 3 (2.75%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.83%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.83%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (1.83%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.26%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.34%) Degree
4 6 (5.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.83%) CCNP
6 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.83%) PhD
6 2 (1.83%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.92%) CCIE
7 1 (0.92%) CCIE Data Center
7 1 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.92%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
3 2 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.92%) Basel III
4 1 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.92%) GRC
4 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.92%) MiFID
4 1 (0.92%) NIST
4 1 (0.92%) PMO
4 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.92%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (13.76%) Ansible
2 6 (5.50%) Terraform
3 3 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.83%) Avamar
4 2 (1.83%) CloudHub
4 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.83%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.83%) Puppet
4 2 (1.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.92%) Nagios
5 1 (0.92%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.92%) SCCM
5 1 (0.92%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (18.35%) Oracle
2 14 (12.84%) SAP
3 8 (7.34%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.50%) Okta
4 6 (5.50%) Workday
5 5 (4.59%) VMware
6 4 (3.67%) Cisco
7 3 (2.75%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.75%) Informatica
7 3 (2.75%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.75%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.83%) IBM
8 2 (1.83%) IBM Sterling
8 2 (1.83%) NetApp
8 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.83%) Splunk
9 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.92%) Google
9 1 (0.92%) Veeam