Community of Practice Contracts in England

Communities of Practice (CoP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Community of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Community of Practice over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 537 528
Rank change year-on-year +55 -9 +27
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 61 101 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.21% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.24% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 69 189
10th Percentile £373 £443 £425
25th Percentile £450 £525 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% - +4.63%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £700
90th Percentile £663 £736 £813
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £52.00 £28.57
25th Percentile - £53.13 £31.50
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year - +47.94% -
75th Percentile - £70.00 £44.03
90th Percentile - £79.00 £45.77
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year - +47.94% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Community of Practice 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Community of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in England

Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in England.

Daily rate trend for Community of Practice in England

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Community of Practice in England

Community of Practice
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in England.

Hourly rate trend for Community of Practice in England

Community of Practice
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +68 35 £550 -8.33% 21
South East +14 11 £570 -12.31% 8
Midlands +27 7 £563 +3.45% 6
West Midlands +21 7 £563 +3.45% 5
South West +6 5 £400 -40.74% 8
Yorkshire +17 4 £575 +27.78% 7
North of England +15 4 £575 +21.05% 29
Community of Practice
UK

Community of Practice
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.92%) Confluence
1 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) SAP MII
2 1 (1.64%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (1.64%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) GitHub
3 3 (4.92%) OpenShift
3 3 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.28%) Asana
4 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) Apache Cassandra
1 3 (4.92%) CockroachDB
1 3 (4.92%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Git
1 3 (4.92%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
1 3 (4.92%) Maven
2 1 (1.64%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.64%) GitLab
2 1 (1.64%) Postman
2 1 (1.64%) Selenium
2 1 (1.64%) SoapUI
General
1 21 (34.43%) Public Sector
2 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Finance
4 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (8.20%) Local Government
7 4 (6.56%) Aviation
7 4 (6.56%) Banking
8 3 (4.92%) Front Office
9 2 (3.28%) Legal
9 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.28%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.64%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (26.23%) Architect
2 12 (19.67%) Lead
3 10 (16.39%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (8.20%) Java Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Project Leader
5 4 (6.56%) Business Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Developer
5 4 (6.56%) Lead Product Owner
5 4 (6.56%) Product Manager
5 4 (6.56%) Product Owner
5 4 (6.56%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Senior
6 3 (4.92%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Senior Product Manager
6 3 (4.92%) User Researcher
7 2 (3.28%) Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) Engineering Manager
7 2 (3.28%) Java Developer
7 2 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) REST
2 3 (4.92%) Drools
2 3 (4.92%) JPA
2 3 (4.92%) JSON
2 3 (4.92%) Spring
2 3 (4.92%) Spring Boot
2 3 (4.92%) Swagger
3 2 (3.28%) CSS
3 2 (3.28%) HTML
4 1 (1.64%) .NET
4 1 (1.64%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.64%) Flask
4 1 (1.64%) MDX
4 1 (1.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.20%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Blog
5 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.64%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Social Media
5 1 (1.64%) Tandem
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (62.30%) Agile
2 20 (32.79%) Roadmaps
3 19 (31.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (19.67%) Project Management
5 10 (16.39%) Matrix Organization
5 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.75%) Business Strategy
7 8 (13.11%) IT Strategy
7 8 (13.11%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.11%) Technology Strategy
8 7 (11.48%) Analytics
8 7 (11.48%) Decision-Making
8 7 (11.48%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (11.48%) Portfolio Management
8 7 (11.48%) Software Engineering
8 7 (11.48%) User Experience
9 6 (9.84%) Matrix Management
9 6 (9.84%) Microservices
9 6 (9.84%) Programme Management
9 6 (9.84%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.03%) Java
2 9 (14.75%) SQL
3 3 (4.92%) Groovy
3 3 (4.92%) Python
4 2 (3.28%) C#
4 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) Degree
3 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.64%) ISEB
5 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.92%) GDPR
3 2 (3.28%) PMO
4 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.92%) Podman
3 1 (1.64%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) SAP
2 3 (4.92%) Splunk
3 2 (3.28%) Foundry
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) Palantir
4 1 (1.64%) Ariba
4 1 (1.64%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (1.64%) Concur
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) HP
4 1 (1.64%) IBM
4 1 (1.64%) Sparx