Escalation Management Contracts

Escalation Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Escalation Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Escalation Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 692 805
Rank change year-on-year +126 +113 -142
Contract jobs citing Escalation Management 16 26 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.044% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.048% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 35
10th Percentile £172 £198 £353
25th Percentile £206 £317 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £251 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year -33.20% -25.00% +27.80%
75th Percentile £506 £428 £597
90th Percentile £538 £441 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £17.83 -
25th Percentile £30.25 £19.64 -
Median hourly rate £31.50 £23.23 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.63% +16.13% +31.15%
75th Percentile £32.75 £26.24 £41.88
90th Percentile - £27.72 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £23.23 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +16.13% +31.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Escalation 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,597 53,655 80,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,227 37,238 56,437
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
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% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,746 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.98 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +80.00% -8.00%

Escalation Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Escalation Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Escalation Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Escalation Management in the UK

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Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Escalation Management within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +101 16 £251 -33.20% 13
London +104 8 £213 -46.88% 4
UK excluding London +51 8 £500 +33.33% 10
South East +12 3 £120 -39.55% 1
Midlands +34 2 £525 +40.00% 2
West Midlands +28 2 £525 +40.00% 2
South West - 2 - - 1
North of England +28 1 £475 +8.57% 2
North West +13 1 £475 +8.57% 1

Escalation Management
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:

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (31.25%) WhatsApp
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Advertising
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) Account Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Vendor Manager
4 1 (6.25%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Change Portfolio Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Support Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (25.00%) RBAC
4 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 4 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Use Case
5 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (25.00%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) A+ Certification
2 5 (31.25%) MCITP
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) SLA
2 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Splunk