Humanities Contracts

Humanities
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Humanities in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Humanities over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 - 842
Rank change year-on-year - - -130
Contract jobs citing Humanities 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the General category 0.004% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £221 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £221 - -

All General Skills
UK

Humanities is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,689 33,528 49,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.02% 58.53% 56.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,577 23,238 34,376
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,928 1,019 1,409
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.42 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £52.57 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.40 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +52.63% -2.56%

Humanities
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Humanities in the UK

Humanities
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Humanities in the UK

Humanities
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Humanities within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
Scotland - 1 £221 -
UK excluding London - 1 £221 - 13

Humanities
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft