Community of Practice Contracts in London

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 427 451
Rank change year-on-year +78 +24 -5
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 37 60 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.23% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.25% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 114
10th Percentile £350 £523 £427
25th Percentile £431 £556 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £590
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +10.80%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £809
90th Percentile - £845 £850
England median daily rate £550 £565 £565
% change year-on-year -2.65% - +4.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in London

Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Community of Practice in London

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Community of Practice in London

Community of Practice
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 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
West London - 7 £351 -
Central London +37 5 £575 +2.22%
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.70%) Confluence
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP MII
1 1 (2.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) OpenShift
4 2 (5.41%) Asana
4 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.41%) Slack
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub
5 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Git
2 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
2 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 3 (8.11%) Maven
3 2 (5.41%) Selenium
4 1 (2.70%) Burp Suite
4 1 (2.70%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.70%) GitLab
4 1 (2.70%) Postman
4 1 (2.70%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.70%) Subversion
4 1 (2.70%) TestNG
General
1 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Local Government
3 4 (10.81%) Aviation
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Banking
4 3 (8.11%) Front Office
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Private Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Architect
2 8 (21.62%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (13.51%) Product Manager
4 4 (10.81%) Business Architect
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Manager
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Product Manager
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Java Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Java Software Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Agile Coach
6 2 (5.41%) Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (5.41%) PMO Specialist
6 2 (5.41%) Tester
7 1 (2.70%) Agile Delivery Lead
7 1 (2.70%) Finance Business Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) HR Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) HR Business Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Java Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) REST
2 3 (8.11%) Drools
2 3 (8.11%) JSON
2 3 (8.11%) Swagger
3 1 (2.70%) .NET
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.70%) CSS
3 1 (2.70%) HTML
3 1 (2.70%) Web Services
3 1 (2.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
1 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Blog
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Social Media
3 1 (2.70%) Tandem
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Agile
2 15 (40.54%) Roadmaps
3 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (21.62%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
5 7 (18.92%) IT Strategy
5 7 (18.92%) Technology Strategy
6 6 (16.22%) Matrix Management
6 6 (16.22%) Matrix Organization
6 6 (16.22%) Scrum
6 6 (16.22%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (13.51%) Product Management
7 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (10.81%) Coaching
8 4 (10.81%) Kanban
8 4 (10.81%) Microservices
8 4 (10.81%) Service Design
8 4 (10.81%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (10.81%) TOGAF
8 4 (10.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) Java
2 5 (13.51%) SQL
3 3 (8.11%) C#
3 3 (8.11%) Groovy
4 2 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) ISEB
3 2 (5.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) PMO
1 2 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Podman
2 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.11%) Splunk
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Sparx