Minimum Viable Product Contracts

Minimum Viable Product
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Minimum Viable Product skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Minimum Viable Product over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 575 697
Rank change year-on-year +31 +122 -83
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 39 121 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 96 103
10th Percentile £363 £409 £450
25th Percentile £500 £440 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £622
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £440 £485
% change year-on-year +25.00% -9.28% -10.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Minimum Viable Product 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 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
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 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

Minimum Viable Product
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Minimum Viable Product as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Minimum Viable Product in the UK

Minimum Viable Product
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Minimum Viable Product.

Daily rate trend for Minimum Viable Product in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Minimum Viable Product over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Minimum Viable Product in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Minimum Viable Product.

Hourly rate trend for Minimum Viable Product in the UK

Minimum Viable Product
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Minimum Viable Product within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +33 30 £575 +27.78% 15
UK excluding London +39 18 £550 +25.00% 18
London +38 17 £600 +23.08% 2
Work from Home +81 15 £625 +38.89% 5
Scotland +20 6 £550 +25.71% 3
South West +20 5 £625 +14.94% 3
Midlands +35 3 £375 -21.05% 3
West Midlands +25 3 £375 -21.05% 2
North of England +19 3 - - 6
North West +21 2 - - 3
South East -5 1 £300 -33.33% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

Minimum Viable Product
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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (5.13%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (2.56%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 11 (28.21%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (2.56%) Law
3 1 (2.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Analyst
1 9 (23.08%) Product Manager
2 8 (20.51%) Business Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Senior
4 5 (12.82%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Scrum Master
6 3 (7.69%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Designer
7 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Programme Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Designer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Service Designer
7 2 (5.13%) Service Designer
8 1 (2.56%) Business Process Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) CSS
1 2 (5.13%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
2 4 (10.26%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Agile
2 16 (41.03%) User Stories
3 9 (23.08%) User Research
4 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
5 7 (17.95%) Test Automation
6 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.82%) Business Strategy
7 5 (12.82%) Data Science
7 5 (12.82%) DevOps
7 5 (12.82%) DevSecOps
7 5 (12.82%) Ethical Hacking
7 5 (12.82%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Product Management
7 5 (12.82%) Prototyping
7 5 (12.82%) Scrum
7 5 (12.82%) Security Testing
7 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.82%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) Degree
4 4 (10.26%) PMP
5 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.56%) ISEB
6 1 (2.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (2.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) F5
3 1 (2.56%) Imperva