Minimum Viable Product Contracts in England

Minimum Viable Product
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Minimum Viable Product skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Minimum Viable Product over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 535 683
Rank change year-on-year +24 +148 -120
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 26 96 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.071% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 76 72
10th Percentile £365 - £475
25th Percentile £509 £440 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +2.23%
75th Percentile £638 £641 £650
90th Percentile £659 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £546
% change year-on-year +27.78% -17.62% +1.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Minimum Viable Product 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 31,369 43,074 63,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.13% 90.02% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,561 30,212 45,513
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
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 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,271 1,523 1,744
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%
75th Percentile £60.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Minimum Viable Product
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Minimum Viable Product as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Minimum Viable Product in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in England.

Daily rate trend for Minimum Viable Product in England

Minimum Viable Product
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Minimum Viable Product in England

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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 Minimum Viable Product within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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 +44 13 £625 +38.89% 4
South West +16 5 £625 +14.94% 1
Midlands +36 3 £375 -21.05% 1
North of England +25 3 - - 2
West Midlands +19 3 £375 -21.05% 1
North West +20 2 - - 2
South East -4 1 £300 -33.33%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Minimum Viable Product
UK

Minimum Viable Product
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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
1 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.85%) Law
2 1 (3.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Product Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Scrum Master
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Service Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Service Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Process Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) CSS
1 2 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 4 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 12 (46.15%) User Stories
3 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 6 (23.08%) User Research
4 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
4 5 (19.23%) DevOps
4 5 (19.23%) DevSecOps
4 5 (19.23%) Ethical Hacking
4 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
4 5 (19.23%) Product Management
4 5 (19.23%) Security Testing
4 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) Analytics
5 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 4 (15.38%) Data Science
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Prototyping
6 3 (11.54%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) Degree
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
4 3 (11.54%) PMP
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.85%) ISEB
6 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) F5
1 1 (3.85%) Imperva
1 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow