Knowledge Transfer Contracts

Knowledge Transfer
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Knowledge Transfer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 277 373
Rank change year-on-year +3 +96 -17
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 353 525 617
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.94% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.04% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 364 425
10th Percentile £374 £338 £350
25th Percentile £463 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £643 £650 £625
90th Percentile £745 £745 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 11
10th Percentile £16.20 £12.81 £10.68
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.16 £11.17
Median hourly rate £24.26 £16.62 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +45.98% +5.56% -77.81%
75th Percentile £37.59 £18.50 £17.67
90th Percentile £45.03 £35.68 £19.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £16.62 £15.74
% change year-on-year +16.36% +5.56% -76.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Knowledge Transfer 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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
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% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
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% -4.76%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -3 284 £550 +1.85% 129
UK excluding London -23 172 £500 -4.76% 83
Work from Home +41 131 £525 -1.18% 185
London +47 125 £600 +11.63% 52
North of England -6 41 £500 - 21
South West -2 35 £475 -24.00% 11
Scotland +34 30 £500 - 9
South East -33 28 £544 -1.09% 15
East of England +18 22 £638 +112.50% 3
North West -7 19 £550 +10.00% 12
Yorkshire +14 18 £450 -16.28% 6
Midlands +10 14 £500 +33.33% 18
East Midlands +13 7 £500 +142.42% 4
West Midlands +4 7 £531 -7.61% 14
Wales +14 2 £800 +68.42% 3
North East +11 2 - - 3
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 3

Knowledge Transfer
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 21 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.82%) Confluence
3 11 (3.12%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.57%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.55%) Chatbot
3 9 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (6.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.27%) Workday HCM
3 7 (1.98%) SAP PS
3 7 (1.98%) SAP SD
4 5 (1.42%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.42%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.57%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.57%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.25%) Azure
2 29 (8.22%) AWS
3 23 (6.52%) GCP
4 20 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (4.53%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (3.12%) OCI
8 10 (2.83%) Azure Stack
9 9 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.55%) Twilio
10 7 (1.98%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.42%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.13%) SaaS
12 4 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.85%) Azure API Management
13 3 (0.85%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.22%) Firewall
2 18 (5.10%) VoIP
3 15 (4.25%) SD-WAN
3 15 (4.25%) WAN
4 14 (3.97%) CTI
5 12 (3.40%) BGP
6 7 (1.98%) WLAN
7 6 (1.70%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (1.70%) DNS
7 6 (1.70%) LAN
8 4 (1.13%) DHCP
8 4 (1.13%) InfiniBand
8 4 (1.13%) Network Security
8 4 (1.13%) Wireless
9 3 (0.85%) Intranet
9 3 (0.85%) VPN
10 2 (0.57%) IPv6
10 2 (0.57%) PBX
10 2 (0.57%) SSL
10 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.68%) Ingres
2 11 (3.12%) Power BI
3 9 (2.55%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.13%) Big Data
5 4 (1.13%) Metadata
5 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.57%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.57%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.28%) Parquet
8 1 (0.28%) Power Query
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.23%) JIRA
2 6 (1.70%) MLflow
3 4 (1.13%) Mocha
3 4 (1.13%) Postman
4 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.85%) JMeter
4 3 (0.85%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.57%) Git
5 2 (0.57%) Selenium
5 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.28%) GitLab
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.28%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 103 (29.18%) Social Skills
2 90 (25.50%) Finance
3 50 (14.16%) Public Sector
4 47 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.08%) Retail
6 23 (6.52%) Telecoms
7 21 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.38%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.97%) Banking
10 13 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.40%) Marketing
12 8 (2.27%) Electronics
12 8 (2.27%) Law
13 7 (1.98%) Back Office
13 7 (1.98%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.70%) Front Office
15 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.42%) Local Government
16 4 (1.13%) Legal
17 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 48 (13.60%) Consultant
2 42 (11.90%) Analyst
3 40 (11.33%) Developer
4 38 (10.76%) Senior
5 35 (9.92%) Architect
6 27 (7.65%) Lead
7 19 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.10%) Project Manager
8 18 (5.10%) SAP Consultant
9 16 (4.53%) DBA
10 15 (4.25%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.97%) Business Analyst
12 13 (3.68%) Network Engineer
13 12 (3.40%) Data Engineer
14 11 (3.12%) Ingres DBA
15 10 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
16 9 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 8 (2.27%) .NET Developer
17 8 (2.27%) Administrator
17 8 (2.27%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.25%) .NET
2 14 (3.97%) React
3 11 (3.12%) Web Services
4 9 (2.55%) Middleware
5 6 (1.70%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.70%) HTML
5 6 (1.70%) XML
6 5 (1.42%) CSS
6 5 (1.42%) Spring
7 4 (1.13%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.13%) FpML
7 4 (1.13%) Jest
7 4 (1.13%) Redux
7 4 (1.13%) REST
8 3 (0.85%) JSON
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.85%) Swagger
9 2 (0.57%) Node.js
9 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.65%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.25%) Private Cloud
5 14 (3.97%) IVR
6 13 (3.68%) PKI
7 11 (3.12%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (2.55%) Wiki
9 6 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.70%) Derivative
9 6 (1.70%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.85%) FMCG
13 2 (0.57%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.57%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.65%) Windows
2 12 (3.40%) Linux
3 5 (1.42%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.13%) AIX
5 3 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.57%) Android
6 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Solaris
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.70%) Agile
2 53 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (14.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (14.45%) Migration
5 38 (10.76%) DevOps
6 35 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (9.92%) Project Management
7 32 (9.07%) Roadmaps
8 29 (8.22%) Analytics
9 27 (7.65%) ITIL
9 27 (7.65%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (7.37%) Computer Science
10 26 (7.37%) Project Delivery
11 24 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (6.80%) Mentoring
12 23 (6.52%) Data Migration
13 21 (5.95%) CRM
14 18 (5.10%) Change Management
14 18 (5.10%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.25%) Java
2 12 (3.40%) SQL
3 11 (3.12%) Python
4 8 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.98%) Scala
6 6 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.42%) ABAP
7 5 (1.42%) C#
7 5 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.85%) VBA
9 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.28%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 57 (16.15%) Degree
2 49 (13.88%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (5.95%) Master's Degree
4 21 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.38%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.40%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.12%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.98%) SAP Certification
12 4 (1.13%) CCNP
12 4 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.57%) CCIE
13 2 (0.57%) CCNA
13 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.57%) PMP
14 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.95%) QA
2 12 (3.40%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.12%) GDPR
3 11 (3.12%) Government Security Classifications
3 11 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.55%) SLA
5 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.27%) HIPAA
5 8 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (2.27%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.13%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.13%) PMO
7 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.57%) GRC
7 2 (0.57%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.13%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.57%) Docker
4 2 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.70%) Endace
3 4 (1.13%) SCCM
4 3 (0.85%) Ansible
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.57%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.57%) Terraform
6 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) PowerBroker
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.71%) SAP
3 28 (7.93%) Cisco
4 23 (6.52%) Google
5 22 (6.23%) Oracle
6 14 (3.97%) Genesys
7 12 (3.40%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.83%) Ariba
8 10 (2.83%) VMware
9 9 (2.55%) Avaya
9 9 (2.55%) Workday
10 8 (2.27%) Databricks
10 8 (2.27%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.27%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.27%) Yardi
11 7 (1.98%) F5
11 7 (1.98%) Juniper
11 7 (1.98%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.13%) Veeam