Key Management Contracts in England

Key Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Key Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Key Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 572 693
Rank change year-on-year +117 +121 -91
Contract jobs citing Key Management 76 68 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 52 56
10th Percentile £431 £425 £550
25th Percentile £472 £505 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +13.04%
75th Percentile £638 £615 £725
90th Percentile £739 £720 £839
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £75.75 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.61% +309.46% -
75th Percentile - £81.69 £19.25
90th Percentile - £85.18 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £75.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year +5.61% +309.46% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Key Management 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 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Key Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Key Management in England

Key Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Key Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Key Management in England

Key Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Key Management in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Key Management in England

Key Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Key Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Key Management in England

Key Management
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 Key Management within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +79 50 £625 +21.95% 3
London +60 13 £540 -1.82% 6
North of England - 7 £436 - 1
North West - 4 £763 - 1
East of England - 3 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £432 -
West Midlands +22 1 £750 -
Midlands +18 1 £750 -
South West +3 1 - - 2
Key Management
UK

Key Management
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 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (64.47%) Azure
2 48 (63.16%) AWS
3 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.26%) IaaS
3 4 (5.26%) PaaS
3 4 (5.26%) SaaS
4 3 (3.95%) Apigee
4 3 (3.95%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.95%) Azure Event Grid
4 3 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.63%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.32%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 42 (55.26%) SSL
2 10 (13.16%) Firewall
2 10 (13.16%) SD-WAN
2 10 (13.16%) WAN
3 4 (5.26%) VPN
4 3 (3.95%) Network Security
5 2 (2.63%) Internet
5 2 (2.63%) NAS
5 2 (2.63%) SAN
5 2 (2.63%) Skype
6 1 (1.32%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.95%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) gulp
1 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
1 3 (3.95%) Maven
1 3 (3.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (23.68%) Finance
2 7 (9.21%) Banking
3 4 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.32%) Automotive
5 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.32%) Military
5 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (52.63%) Architect
2 10 (13.16%) Consultant
2 10 (13.16%) Security Consultant
3 7 (9.21%) Platform Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) Cloud Consultant
4 5 (6.58%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 4 (5.26%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (5.26%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 4 (5.26%) Lead
5 4 (5.26%) Security Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Applications Consultant
6 3 (3.95%) Designer
7 2 (2.63%) Analyst
7 2 (2.63%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.63%) Wintel Engineer
8 1 (1.32%) Developer
8 1 (1.32%) IT Consultant
8 1 (1.32%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.32%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.32%) Wintel Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (55.26%) Web Services
2 6 (7.89%) .NET
3 4 (5.26%) Kafka
4 3 (3.95%) Middleware
4 3 (3.95%) Node.js
4 3 (3.95%) OAuth
4 3 (3.95%) OpenID
4 3 (3.95%) RESTful
4 3 (3.95%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (69.74%) PKI
2 6 (7.89%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (3.95%) IoT
4 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.63%) Clustering
5 2 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.63%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.63%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.32%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Linux
2 7 (9.21%) Windows
3 4 (5.26%) zOS
4 3 (3.95%) Android
4 3 (3.95%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (61.84%) Cryptography
2 19 (25.00%) Data Encryption
3 17 (22.37%) Identity Access Management
4 16 (21.05%) Cloud Security
5 14 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (17.11%) SIEM
7 11 (14.47%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (13.16%) Database Security
8 10 (13.16%) Ethical Hacking
8 10 (13.16%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (13.16%) Security Auditing
9 8 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (9.21%) DevSecOps
10 7 (9.21%) Platform Engineering
10 7 (9.21%) Security Architecture
11 6 (7.89%) API Management
11 6 (7.89%) Application Security
11 6 (7.89%) ERP
11 6 (7.89%) Information Security
12 5 (6.58%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) Java
1 6 (7.89%) Python
2 5 (6.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.95%) C#
3 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.95%) PHP
3 3 (3.95%) Ruby
4 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (65.79%) Degree
2 45 (59.21%) Security Cleared
3 26 (34.21%) SC Cleared
4 22 (28.95%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.95%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.32%) CISM
6 1 (1.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (5.26%) NIST
4 3 (3.95%) QA
5 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.32%) NCSC
5 1 (1.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 45 (59.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.58%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.95%) Docker
4 3 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.63%) vSphere
6 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (3.95%) Ansible
2 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (2.63%) SCCM
4 1 (1.32%) CA Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.32%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.21%) Salesforce
3 6 (7.89%) VMware
4 4 (5.26%) F5
5 3 (3.95%) Google
6 2 (2.63%) IBM
6 2 (2.63%) Qualys
6 2 (2.63%) Splunk
7 1 (1.32%) CA
7 1 (1.32%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.32%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.32%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.32%) Remedy
7 1 (1.32%) SAP
7 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.32%) Thales