Customer-Centricity Contracts

Customer-Centric
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Customer-Centricity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 537 553
Rank change year-on-year +133 +16 -61
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centricity 189 184 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.35% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 130 212
10th Percentile £173 £167 £326
25th Percentile £338 £339 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £598 £634 £700
90th Percentile £675 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.09
25th Percentile £6.57 - £15.06
Median hourly rate £10.30 £37.34 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -72.42% +42.25% +8.25%
75th Percentile £13.97 - £59.13
90th Percentile £15.49 - £79.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £10.30 - £13.00
% change year-on-year - - -42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer-Centricity 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer-Centricity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centricity.

Daily rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centricity.

Hourly rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer-Centricity within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +112 174 £464 -9.20% 271
London +96 94 £475 -9.52% 112
UK excluding London +70 81 £375 -25.00% 181
Work from Home +132 66 £550 +10.00% 141
South East +33 33 £463 +32.14% 41
South West +31 14 £150 -81.82% 27
North of England +22 11 £463 -26.00% 51
East of England +16 10 £345 -27.37% 14
North West +17 6 £375 -41.18% 27
Midlands +15 6 £550 +6.13% 25
West Midlands +15 6 £550 +7.53% 14
Scotland +38 5 £461 +179.39% 15
Yorkshire +19 5 £600 +6.19% 16
Wales +14 2 £91 -84.17% 7

Customer-Centricity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.76%) CMS
3 8 (4.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.12%) Adobe XD
3 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.59%) InVision
4 3 (1.59%) Sketch
4 3 (1.59%) Zeplin
5 2 (1.06%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.53%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.41%) Azure
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (6.88%) Power Platform
3 12 (6.35%) AWS
3 12 (6.35%) Figma
4 11 (5.82%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (4.23%) SaaS
6 7 (3.70%) Slack
7 6 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.17%) Serverless
8 5 (2.65%) GCP
8 5 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.65%) PaaS
9 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.59%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (1.59%) Miro
10 3 (1.59%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.59%) 3G
1 3 (1.59%) 4G
1 3 (1.59%) 5G
2 2 (1.06%) 2G
2 2 (1.06%) Broadband
2 2 (1.06%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (1.06%) SSH
2 2 (1.06%) Telnet
2 2 (1.06%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.06%) VoIP
3 1 (0.53%) DSL
3 1 (0.53%) Firewall
3 1 (0.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.35%) Power BI
2 5 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.65%) Tableau
3 4 (2.12%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.70%) JIRA
2 5 (2.65%) Git
3 3 (1.59%) Axure RP
3 3 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.06%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
General
1 109 (57.67%) Social Skills
2 47 (24.87%) Finance
3 39 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.23%) Telecoms
5 18 (9.52%) Marketing
6 16 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (6.88%) Public Sector
8 12 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.23%) Legal
9 8 (4.23%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.70%) Banking
11 6 (3.17%) Electronics
11 6 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (3.17%) Retail
12 5 (2.65%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (1.06%) Back Office
13 2 (1.06%) French Language
13 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (20.11%) Analyst
2 20 (10.58%) Senior
3 16 (8.47%) Designer
4 10 (5.29%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (5.29%) Service Designer
5 9 (4.76%) Architect
5 9 (4.76%) Lead
5 9 (4.76%) Product Manager
5 9 (4.76%) Product Owner
6 8 (4.23%) Business Analyst
6 8 (4.23%) Support Analyst
6 8 (4.23%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.23%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (3.70%) Developer
7 7 (3.70%) Technical Support
8 6 (3.17%) Service Analyst
8 6 (3.17%) Technical Support Analyst
9 5 (2.65%) Data Analyst
9 5 (2.65%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.65%) Node.js
1 5 (2.65%) REST
2 4 (2.12%) Kafka
2 4 (2.12%) React
3 3 (1.59%) AWS CDK
3 3 (1.59%) CSS
3 3 (1.59%) HTML
4 2 (1.06%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.06%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.06%) Playwright
4 2 (1.06%) Pyramid
4 2 (1.06%) Swagger
4 2 (1.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (1.06%) Web Services
5 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.53%) Redux
5 1 (0.53%) SOAP
5 1 (0.53%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.53%) Vue
5 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.12%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.12%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.12%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.59%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.06%) PMI
6 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.53%) CMDB
7 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.53%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.88%) Windows
2 4 (2.12%) Linux
2 4 (2.12%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.06%) Android
3 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.22%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (30.69%) Agile
3 55 (29.10%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 41 (21.69%) Roadmaps
5 33 (17.46%) Customer Service
5 33 (17.46%) Project Management
6 31 (16.40%) Customer Experience
7 28 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (14.29%) User Stories
9 25 (13.23%) Decision-Making
10 24 (12.70%) Analytics
11 22 (11.64%) Scrum
11 22 (11.64%) Service Management
12 19 (10.05%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (9.52%) Product Management
13 18 (9.52%) Risk Management
13 18 (9.52%) User Experience
14 17 (8.99%) Business Analysis
14 17 (8.99%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.29%) SQL
2 9 (4.76%) Python
3 8 (4.23%) TypeScript
4 6 (3.17%) C++
4 6 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.12%) Bicep
5 4 (2.12%) Java
5 4 (2.12%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.06%) Bash
6 2 (1.06%) C
6 2 (1.06%) Go
6 2 (1.06%) Scala
7 1 (0.53%) C#
7 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (12.17%) Degree
2 8 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.65%) Postgraduate
6 4 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.12%) CSPO
7 3 (1.59%) PgMP
7 3 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.06%) CCENT
8 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.53%) ACCA
9 1 (0.53%) APMP
9 1 (0.53%) CIMA
9 1 (0.53%) CISA
9 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.88%) QA
2 10 (5.29%) PMO
3 8 (4.23%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.65%) SLA
6 3 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.59%) WCAG
7 2 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) GDPR
8 1 (0.53%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (2.12%) Docker
2 3 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Progress Chef
1 4 (2.12%) Puppet
1 4 (2.12%) Terraform
2 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.53%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) Grafana
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.82%) SAP
3 7 (3.70%) Google
4 6 (3.17%) Adobe
4 6 (3.17%) Cisco
4 6 (3.17%) Oracle
5 5 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.59%) Citrix
6 3 (1.59%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.06%) Ariba
7 2 (1.06%) BT
7 2 (1.06%) Genesys
7 2 (1.06%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.06%) Huawei
8 1 (0.53%) NCR
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) Remedy
8 1 (0.53%) UiPath