Biometrics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Biometrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biometrics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 424 501
Rank change year-on-year +38 +77 -61
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 14 14 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.067% 0.061% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.069% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 13
10th Percentile £309 £404 £410
25th Percentile £392 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £597 £750 £638
90th Percentile £649 - -
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £50.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Biometrics 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Biometrics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Biometrics in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biometrics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Biometrics in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biometrics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biometrics in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biometrics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Biometrics in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +5 7 £581 +1.09% 3
East Midlands - 4 £319 - 2
Midlands - 4 £319 - 5
Scotland - 2 - -
North of England - 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) JMeter
2 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
2 1 (7.14%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (21.43%) Law
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Change Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Functional Tester
4 1 (7.14%) IAM Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) SOAP
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Contactless
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Network Architecture
2 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 2 (14.29%) Use Case
3 2 (14.29%) User Stories
3 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
4 1 (7.14%) Android Development
4 1 (7.14%) Multithreading
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C
1 1 (7.14%) Java
1 1 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) RMADS
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) F5
1 5 (35.71%) SolarWinds