Line Management Contracts

Line Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 302 286
Rank change year-on-year +26 -16 +52
Contract jobs citing Line Management 382 488 844
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 0.88% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.98% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 367 594
10th Percentile £158 £269 £250
25th Percentile £280 £403 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% +7.14%
75th Percentile £888 £638 £625
90th Percentile - £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £281 £496 £485
% change year-on-year -43.33% +2.32% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 17 29
10th Percentile £12.55 £19.03 £18.46
25th Percentile £13.50 £31.17 £23.75
Median hourly rate £22.41 £53.35 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.99% +97.59% +45.95%
75th Percentile £58.75 £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £72.80 £61.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.28 £57.13 £26.98
% change year-on-year -55.75% +111.73% +45.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line 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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line 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 Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +43 352 £575 +9.52% 907
UK excluding London +8 206 £281 -43.33% 679
London +51 157 £825 +50.00% 237
Work from Home +94 156 £625 +19.05% 296
South East +7 56 £450 -4.18% 148
South West +20 51 £173 -46.77% 97
North of England -9 35 £303 -40.98% 224
East of England +10 28 £300 -4.00% 79
Midlands +10 18 £513 -12.02% 109
North West -14 18 £300 -40.00% 122
Yorkshire +3 17 £450 -18.18% 79
West Midlands +7 16 £513 -25.45% 59
Scotland +21 14 £281 -43.76% 27
Wales +13 4 £127 -23.33% 17
East Midlands +6 2 £310 -27.06% 50

Line 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 60 (15.71%) Apache
1 60 (15.71%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) IIS
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.31%) Simulink
4 5 (1.31%) Stateflow
4 5 (1.31%) TargetLink
5 4 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.26%) Revit
8 1 (0.26%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (3.14%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.05%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.52%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.52%) iTrent
3 2 (0.52%) Primavera
3 2 (0.52%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 68 (17.80%) AWS
2 63 (16.49%) GCP
3 60 (15.71%) dbt
3 60 (15.71%) Snowflake
4 23 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (4.45%) Azure
7 5 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.31%) Google Sheets
7 5 (1.31%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Asana
10 2 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.97%) Structured Cabling
2 18 (4.71%) Firewall
3 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (2.62%) WAN
5 7 (1.83%) LAN
6 6 (1.57%) 5G
6 6 (1.57%) DNS
6 6 (1.57%) Intranet
7 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.05%) BGP
8 4 (1.05%) DHCP
9 3 (0.79%) VPN
9 3 (0.79%) Wireless
10 2 (0.52%) Broadband
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.52%) MPLS
10 2 (0.52%) Network Security
10 2 (0.52%) OSPF
10 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.71%) Amazon Athena
1 60 (15.71%) Apache Arrow
1 60 (15.71%) Apache Ignite
1 60 (15.71%) Data Lake
1 60 (15.71%) Dremio
2 22 (5.76%) Power BI
3 10 (2.62%) GIS
3 10 (2.62%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.79%) QlikView
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.52%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.52%) KDB
5 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.62%) Git
2 9 (2.36%) JIRA
3 6 (1.57%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (1.31%) Selenium
4 5 (1.31%) Subversion
5 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.79%) NUnit
5 3 (0.79%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 170 (44.50%) Finance
2 99 (25.92%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.11%) Banking
4 63 (16.49%) Front Office
4 63 (16.49%) Investment Banking
5 40 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (9.95%) Public Sector
7 26 (6.81%) Legal
8 23 (6.02%) Telecoms
9 16 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.66%) Marketing
10 14 (3.66%) Police
11 13 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (3.40%) Law
12 12 (3.14%) Local Government
13 11 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.88%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.88%) Retail
14 7 (1.83%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (14.40%) Lead
2 47 (12.30%) Analyst
3 43 (11.26%) Developer
3 43 (11.26%) Project Manager
4 40 (10.47%) Senior
5 37 (9.69%) Architect
6 35 (9.16%) Solutions Architect
7 31 (8.12%) Team Leader
8 30 (7.85%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 30 (7.85%) Lead Developer
8 30 (7.85%) Lead Software Developer
8 30 (7.85%) Lead Software Engineer
8 30 (7.85%) Software Developer
8 30 (7.85%) Software Engineer
8 30 (7.85%) Software Team Leader
9 19 (4.97%) Consultant
9 19 (4.97%) Service Analyst
10 18 (4.71%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.71%) Senior Manager
10 18 (4.71%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.71%) gRPC
1 60 (15.71%) NumPy
1 60 (15.71%) Pandas
1 60 (15.71%) Protocol Buffers
1 60 (15.71%) SciPy
2 12 (3.14%) .NET
3 7 (1.83%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.31%) JSON
5 4 (1.05%) XML
5 4 (1.05%) YAML
6 3 (0.79%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (0.79%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.79%) jQuery
6 3 (0.79%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (0.79%) PySpark
6 3 (0.79%) Spring
6 3 (0.79%) WCF
7 2 (0.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (17.80%) Management Information System
2 60 (15.71%) Derivative
2 60 (15.71%) Equities
2 60 (15.71%) Fixed Income
2 60 (15.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 60 (15.71%) Hedge funds
3 7 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
3 7 (1.83%) Virtual Team
4 6 (1.57%) CMDB
4 6 (1.57%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (1.57%) NHS
4 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.31%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.31%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.81%) Windows
2 11 (2.88%) Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.83%) Unix
6 5 (1.31%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.05%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (27.23%) Agile
2 86 (22.51%) Project Management
3 72 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (18.06%) Asset Management
5 65 (17.02%) Software Engineering
6 45 (11.78%) Change Management
7 39 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (10.21%) ITIL
7 39 (10.21%) PRINCE2
8 38 (9.95%) Risk Management
9 37 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (8.64%) Coaching
11 32 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (8.12%) Customer Service
12 31 (8.12%) Project Delivery
13 28 (7.33%) Investment Management
13 28 (7.33%) People Management
14 23 (6.02%) Incident Management
15 22 (5.76%) Project Planning
15 22 (5.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 65 (17.02%) Java
2 64 (16.75%) JavaScript
3 63 (16.49%) Python
4 60 (15.71%) TypeScript
5 16 (4.19%) SQL
6 10 (2.62%) C#
7 9 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.31%) C
8 5 (1.31%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.05%) Bicep
10 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.79%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.52%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 53 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 47 (12.30%) Degree
3 43 (11.26%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 11 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.05%) CCNA
10 4 (1.05%) HNC
10 4 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.05%) MCSE
10 4 (1.05%) PMP
11 3 (0.79%) CCNP
11 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.79%) NVQ Level 4
12 2 (0.52%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.33%) SLA
2 18 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.14%) PMO
4 11 (2.88%) GDPR
5 9 (2.36%) NIST
6 6 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.57%) QA
7 5 (1.31%) AUTOSAR
7 5 (1.31%) ISO 26262
7 5 (1.31%) MISRA
7 5 (1.31%) MISRA C
8 4 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.05%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.52%) GRC
11 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.26%) COBIT
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 23 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.05%) Firmware
4 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.79%) vSphere
5 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.26%) Cronacle
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (2.09%) SCCM
2 3 (0.79%) WSUS
3 2 (0.52%) Ansible
3 2 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.52%) Kibana
3 2 (0.52%) logstash
3 2 (0.52%) Packer
3 2 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) Control-M
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (13.87%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.45%) Workday
3 13 (3.40%) Cisco
4 10 (2.62%) SAP
5 8 (2.09%) BT
5 8 (2.09%) Juniper
5 8 (2.09%) VMware
6 7 (1.83%) MicroStrategy
6 7 (1.83%) Oracle
7 6 (1.57%) Google
8 5 (1.31%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.05%) Citrix
9 4 (1.05%) Reuters
9 4 (1.05%) Sage
10 3 (0.79%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.52%) Hyperion
11 2 (0.52%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.52%) Pegasus
11 2 (0.52%) Remedy