Task-Oriented Contracts

Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 678 836
Rank change year-on-year +103 +158 -114
Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented 4 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.012% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £421 £326 £181
25th Percentile £425 £343 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £402 £255
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +57.75% -46.32%
75th Percentile £451 £475 £321
90th Percentile £452 - £414
UK excluding London median daily rate £442 £450 £318
% change year-on-year -1.89% +41.73% -33.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.88
Median hourly rate £12.87 - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £45.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.87 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task-Oriented 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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
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% -4.88%

Task-Oriented
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Task-Oriented as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task-Oriented.

Hourly rate trend for Task-Oriented in the UK

Task-Oriented
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Task-Oriented within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +95 4 £442 +9.76% 9
UK excluding London +51 4 £442 -1.89% 3
Midlands +26 3 £442 -1.89%
West Midlands - 3 £442 -
Work from Home +109 1 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 1

Task-Oriented
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 2 (50.00%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) CANoe
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Adviser
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft