Taxonomies Contracts

Taxonomy
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 606 710
Rank change year-on-year +85 +104 -66
Contract jobs citing Taxonomies 58 78 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 45 103
10th Percentile £263 £365 £263
25th Percentile £313 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £591 £763 £725
90th Percentile £600 £1,000 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £385 £460 £463
% change year-on-year -16.30% -0.54% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,790 29,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.06% 33.33% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,316 12,953 20,440
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 610 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.20 £10.63 £17.34
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
% change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Taxonomies over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Taxonomies 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 +80 50 £475 -26.92% 40
Work from Home +110 31 £488 -32.76% 16
London +69 27 £519 -20.19% 18
UK excluding London +60 23 £385 -16.30% 21
West Midlands - 10 £560 - 1
Midlands - 10 £560 - 3
North of England +33 7 £350 -30.35% 4
North West +21 7 £350 -18.60% 2
South East +10 4 £380 -18.28% 6
Scotland +41 2 - - 3

Taxonomies
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 17 (29.31%) SharePoint
2 11 (18.97%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (8.62%) FileNet
4 2 (3.45%) CMS
4 2 (3.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.72%) Apache
5 1 (1.72%) Drupal
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.72%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.72%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.45%) Figma
5 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.45%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Firewall
1 2 (3.45%) Intranet
1 2 (3.45%) Network Security
2 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) Metadata
2 4 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.17%) OLAP
3 3 (5.17%) OLTP
4 2 (3.45%) Power BI
4 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) kappa
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Finance
4 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.34%) Marketing
6 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.62%) Retail
7 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Advertising
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Architect
2 10 (17.24%) SharePoint Specialist
2 10 (17.24%) SharePoint Support
2 10 (17.24%) Support Specialist
3 9 (15.52%) Project Manager
4 7 (12.07%) Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Data Architect
5 6 (10.34%) Developer
6 5 (8.62%) FileNet Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (6.90%) Information Architect
8 3 (5.17%) Content Designer
8 3 (5.17%) Data Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Designer
8 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 3 (5.17%) SharePoint Project Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Technical Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.72%) Apache Beam
2 1 (1.72%) CAML
2 1 (1.72%) CSS
2 1 (1.72%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) REST
2 1 (1.72%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.90%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (5.17%) CMDB
4 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.72%) FMCG
6 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.83%) Migration
2 16 (27.59%) Agile
3 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (18.97%) Information Architecture
5 10 (17.24%) Project Management
6 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.79%) Analytics
7 8 (13.79%) Data Strategy
7 8 (13.79%) Scrum
8 7 (12.07%) Data Governance
8 7 (12.07%) Data Integration
8 7 (12.07%) E-Commerce
9 6 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (10.34%) Customer Experience
9 6 (10.34%) Data Management
9 6 (10.34%) Metadata Management
9 6 (10.34%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (10.34%) SDLC
9 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Java
2 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) BC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) CASP
3 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
3 2 (3.45%) GCED
3 2 (3.45%) GIAC
3 2 (3.45%) GSEC
4 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.72%) CIPD
4 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.45%) WCAG
3 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.45%) Citrix
3 2 (3.45%) IBM
3 2 (3.45%) LogRhythm
3 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) TippingPoint
3 2 (3.45%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.72%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.72%) Aprimo
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco
4 1 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Dell
4 1 (1.72%) Ribbon
4 1 (1.72%) Sparx
4 1 (1.72%) Sybase