Time Management Contracts

Time Management
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 204 242
Rank change year-on-year +42 +38 -12
Contract jobs citing Time Management 643 807 1,092
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.37% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.52% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 529 723
10th Percentile £170 £203 £185
25th Percentile £257 £356 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £730 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -10.27% +8.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 61 70
10th Percentile - £14.50 £9.92
25th Percentile £10.95 £20.22 £10.77
Median hourly rate £13.00 £55.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.36% +323.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £16.40 £70.00 £22.06
90th Percentile £29.25 £77.50 £50.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.57 £59.30 £13.00
% change year-on-year -78.81% +356.12% +10.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Time 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 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
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 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Time Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Time Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Time Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Time Management in the UK

Time Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Time Management within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +51 575 £431 -13.90% 1,111
UK excluding London +38 389 £415 -10.27% 859
London +32 198 £445 -19.09% 312
Work from Home +13 156 £475 -5.00% 364
South East +2 100 £500 +10.19% 217
North of England +51 99 £493 -21.12% 199
North West +58 81 £493 -24.15% 117
Midlands +54 71 £255 -40.00% 170
East Midlands +53 54 £254 -46.53% 63
South West +21 51 £475 -5.00% 121
East of England +29 43 £260 +9.24% 94
Scotland -4 27 £438 +3.06% 47
West Midlands +5 16 £387 +3.90% 107
Yorkshire -1 14 £445 -28.80% 64
North East +8 3 £150 -78.57% 25

Time 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.56%) Confluence
4 5 (0.78%) IIS
5 4 (0.62%) Apache
5 4 (0.62%) govService
6 3 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 129 (20.06%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (11.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (8.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.18%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.87%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.87%) Photoshop
6 10 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.62%) InDesign
9 3 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.16%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.16%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.16%) Sketch
11 1 (0.16%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.18%) Shopify
2 5 (0.78%) SAP HCM
3 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.47%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.47%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.31%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.31%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 58 (9.02%) Azure
2 51 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (6.22%) AWS
4 16 (2.49%) GitHub
5 15 (2.33%) IaaS
6 14 (2.18%) BigCommerce
7 12 (1.87%) GCP
8 11 (1.71%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (1.40%) SaaS
11 8 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.09%) Power Platform
13 6 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.93%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.93%) PaaS
13 6 (0.93%) Serverless
13 6 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.75%) Firewall
2 23 (3.58%) DNS
3 13 (2.02%) LAN
4 12 (1.87%) VPN
5 10 (1.56%) DHCP
5 10 (1.56%) MPLS
5 10 (1.56%) Network Security
5 10 (1.56%) WAN
6 9 (1.40%) Internet
6 9 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.40%) VSAN
7 8 (1.24%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (1.24%) Wireless
8 7 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.47%) FTP
12 2 (0.31%) HTTP
12 2 (0.31%) VoIP
12 2 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.49%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (1.24%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.78%) Power BI
3 5 (0.78%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.78%) Tableau
4 4 (0.62%) MySQL
4 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.47%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.31%) Big Data
6 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.16%) DB2
7 1 (0.16%) IDMS
7 1 (0.16%) MS Access
7 1 (0.16%) QlikView
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.04%) JIRA
2 21 (3.27%) Git
3 11 (1.71%) Bitbucket
4 10 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.40%) Selenium
6 6 (0.93%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.93%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (0.93%) JUnit
7 5 (0.78%) Gradle
7 5 (0.78%) Maven
8 4 (0.62%) Appium
8 4 (0.62%) Sourcetree
9 3 (0.47%) GitLab
9 3 (0.47%) Postman
10 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.31%) TestNG
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 340 (52.88%) Social Skills
2 172 (26.75%) Organisational Skills
3 108 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (14.93%) Finance
5 95 (14.77%) Presentation Skills
6 59 (9.18%) Marketing
7 47 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 45 (7.00%) Retail
9 21 (3.27%) Mandarin Language
10 20 (3.11%) Banking
11 18 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.64%) Legal
13 8 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.24%) German Language
14 7 (1.09%) Electronics
14 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.93%) Billing
15 6 (0.93%) French Language
16 5 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 75 (11.66%) Analyst
2 58 (9.02%) Project Manager
3 36 (5.60%) Architect
4 31 (4.82%) Administrator
4 31 (4.82%) Consultant
5 28 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 27 (4.20%) Senior
7 24 (3.73%) Lead
8 22 (3.42%) Developer
9 20 (3.11%) Project Coordinator
9 20 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (3.11%) Support Engineer
10 17 (2.64%) 1st Line Engineer
10 17 (2.64%) Desktop Engineer
10 17 (2.64%) Test Engineer
11 16 (2.49%) IT Support
11 16 (2.49%) SOC Analyst
12 15 (2.33%) Desktop Support
12 15 (2.33%) Service Analyst
12 15 (2.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.11%) REST
2 14 (2.18%) HTML
3 13 (2.02%) CSS
4 9 (1.40%) .NET
4 9 (1.40%) VML
5 8 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.24%) Web Services
6 6 (0.93%) Middleware
7 5 (0.78%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.78%) HTML5
7 5 (0.78%) RAML
7 5 (0.78%) React
7 5 (0.78%) SAML
7 5 (0.78%) Sass
7 5 (0.78%) SOAP
8 4 (0.62%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.62%) OpenID
8 4 (0.62%) RESTful
8 4 (0.62%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 82 (12.75%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.42%) CSOC
4 21 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.71%) Animation
7 10 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.56%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.09%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.09%) Replication
10 6 (0.93%) CMDB
10 6 (0.93%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.93%) Legacy Code
10 6 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (0.78%) iPad
11 5 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.78%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.78%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 110 (17.11%) Windows
2 48 (7.47%) Windows 10
3 31 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.20%) Linux
5 15 (2.33%) Unix
6 14 (2.18%) Android
7 9 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.62%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.62%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
2 157 (24.42%) Decision-Making
3 114 (17.73%) Project Management
4 101 (15.71%) Agile
5 97 (15.09%) Customer Service
6 68 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (9.95%) Project Delivery
8 55 (8.55%) Conflict Management
9 50 (7.78%) Analytics
10 44 (6.84%) Migration
11 41 (6.38%) ITIL
12 40 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (5.91%) Risk Management
14 36 (5.60%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (5.60%) Service Management
15 34 (5.29%) DevOps
15 34 (5.29%) PRINCE2
16 31 (4.82%) Mentoring
17 30 (4.67%) Stakeholder Management
18 28 (4.35%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.82%) SQL
2 20 (3.11%) Java
3 18 (2.80%) Python
4 12 (1.87%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.09%) C#
7 4 (0.62%) Bicep
7 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
7 4 (0.62%) Perl
7 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.47%) ABAP
8 3 (0.47%) Bash
8 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.31%) VBScript
10 1 (0.16%) Groovy
10 1 (0.16%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.16%) R
10 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) VB
10 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (24.57%) Degree
2 140 (21.77%) Security Cleared
3 94 (14.62%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
6 26 (4.04%) SANS
7 19 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.95%) HNC
7 19 (2.95%) HND
8 14 (2.18%) PMP
9 12 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.71%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.56%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.24%) CCNP
12 8 (1.24%) CISM
12 8 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.47%) SLA
2 39 (6.07%) PMO
3 38 (5.91%) QA
4 28 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
5 12 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.87%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.40%) GDPR
7 7 (1.09%) NIST
8 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.31%) HL7
10 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.16%) Basel III
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) FINREP
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 58 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.64%) Docker
4 15 (2.33%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.09%) vCloud
6 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.93%) vSphere
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.47%) HDFS
8 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.31%) NFS
10 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 24 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (3.27%) SCCM
3 20 (3.11%) Terraform
4 19 (2.95%) Kubernetes
5 13 (2.02%) vCenter Server
6 10 (1.56%) VxRail
7 8 (1.24%) Nessus
8 7 (1.09%) Istio
8 7 (1.09%) Rancher
9 6 (0.93%) Ansible
10 4 (0.62%) MOM
10 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.31%) Kibana
11 2 (0.31%) logstash
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.31%) Packer
12 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
12 1 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 162 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.62%) SAP
3 44 (6.84%) VMware
4 25 (3.89%) Oracle
5 24 (3.73%) Adobe
6 22 (3.42%) Dell
6 22 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.27%) ServiceNow
8 20 (3.11%) Google
9 18 (2.80%) Cisco
10 14 (2.18%) Citrix
11 13 (2.02%) Sitecore
12 12 (1.87%) Apple
13 8 (1.24%) Juniper
13 8 (1.24%) Okta
14 7 (1.09%) Intel
14 7 (1.09%) Palo Alto
14 7 (1.09%) ScienceLogic
15 6 (0.93%) dotdigital
16 5 (0.78%) CyberArk