Actionable Recommendations Contracts with Work from Home Options

Actionable Recommendations
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Actionable Recommendations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 446 585
Rank change year-on-year +116 +139 -119
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 11 9 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.075% 0.036% 0.076%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.30% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 31
10th Percentile £357 £471 £463
25th Percentile £400 £572 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £625 £585
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +6.84% +17.59%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £634
90th Percentile £680 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.50% -4.35% +15.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Actionable Recommendations is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,117 3,016 5,913
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.38% 12.17% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 2,193 4,206
10th Percentile £305 £325 £313
25th Percentile £415 £420 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £604
90th Percentile £750 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 68 130
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.20 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.66% -11.01% +128.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £54.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.98 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +16.67% +42.86%

Actionable Recommendations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Actionable Recommendations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Actionable Recommendations.

Actionable Recommendations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Actionable Recommendations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (18.18%) UserZoom
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Military
5 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) User Researcher
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Commodities Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Information Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Information Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior User Researcher
5 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
4 4 (36.36%) User Research
4 4 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Data Security
6 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Psychology
6 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Usability Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CBAP
2 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
2 1 (9.09%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Brio