Prototyping Contracts

Prototyping
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Prototyping skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Prototyping 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 285 266 211
Rank change year-on-year -19 -55 +4
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 358 564 1,196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.02% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.13% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 379 827
10th Percentile £400 £375 £413
25th Percentile £500 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £675 £644 £638
90th Percentile £825 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +15.90% -11.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 16
10th Percentile £20.05 £49.75 £34.00
25th Percentile £41.56 £55.31 £49.28
Median hourly rate £61.00 £58.75 £58.63
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +0.21% +30.28%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £62.56
90th Percentile £91.80 £77.94 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.25 £61.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.16% +2.08% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Prototyping 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%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping 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 +2 314 £575 +4.55% 239
UK excluding London +31 208 £565 +15.90% 179
London -43 127 £553 -7.83% 58
South East +49 116 £650 +14.04% 50
Work from Home -22 86 £550 +4.27% 81
North of England +22 39 £550 +22.22% 42
Scotland +8 23 £425 -11.46% 10
North West +14 21 £525 +16.67% 28
Yorkshire +9 17 £600 +26.32% 8
Midlands +27 16 £538 +38.84% 24
West Midlands +17 13 £528 +32.00% 14
South West -13 5 £724 +60.88% 35
Northern Ireland - 5 £563 - 4
East of England -7 4 £550 +18.28% 19
East Midlands +13 3 £550 +69.23% 10
North East +12 1 - - 6

Prototyping
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 14 (3.91%) Confluence
2 6 (1.68%) Apache
3 3 (0.84%) CMS
3 3 (0.84%) IIS
3 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (6.98%) Sketch
2 10 (2.79%) InVision
3 9 (2.51%) Adobe XD
4 8 (2.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (2.23%) CANalyzer
5 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.12%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.56%) OmniGraffle
8 2 (0.56%) SPSS
8 2 (0.56%) UXPin
9 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.84%) Maximo
3 2 (0.56%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.85%) Figma
2 42 (11.73%) Azure
3 17 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.47%) AWS
5 13 (3.63%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.23%) SaaS
9 7 (1.96%) GitHub
10 6 (1.68%) IaaS
10 6 (1.68%) PaaS
10 6 (1.68%) Serverless
11 5 (1.40%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.84%) GCP
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.56%) OCI
14 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
14 1 (0.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.98%) Ethernet
2 14 (3.91%) SAN
3 13 (3.63%) SNMP
3 13 (3.63%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (3.35%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.96%) FlexRay
6 4 (1.12%) BGP
6 4 (1.12%) DMVPN
6 4 (1.12%) EIGRP
6 4 (1.12%) OSPF
7 3 (0.84%) Internet
8 1 (0.28%) IPsec
8 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.28%) MQTT
8 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.28%) SSH
8 1 (0.28%) SSL
8 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.35%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.07%) Big Data
3 10 (2.79%) Hadoop
3 10 (2.79%) Power BI
4 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.51%) Tableau
5 6 (1.68%) KDB
6 5 (1.40%) Flink
6 5 (1.40%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.40%) Redis
7 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.84%) GIS
8 3 (0.84%) Metadata
8 3 (0.84%) Spatial Data
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.28%) KNIME
10 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 18 (5.03%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (4.19%) Git
2 15 (4.19%) JIRA
2 15 (4.19%) MSI
3 13 (3.63%) Eclipse
3 13 (3.63%) Robot Framework
4 12 (3.35%) GoogleTest
5 10 (2.79%) Bitbucket
6 9 (2.51%) Axure RP
7 8 (2.23%) CANoe
8 2 (0.56%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) GoCD
9 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
General
1 91 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.85%) Finance
3 39 (10.89%) Public Sector
4 30 (8.38%) Electronics
5 26 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (6.15%) Marketing
7 21 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.35%) Automotive
9 12 (3.35%) Banking
10 10 (2.79%) Games
11 6 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.12%) Publishing
14 3 (0.84%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.84%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.56%) Back Office
15 2 (0.56%) Legal
15 2 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 93 (25.98%) Designer
2 74 (20.67%) Architect
3 64 (17.88%) Developer
4 52 (14.53%) Infrastructure Architect
5 38 (10.61%) Senior
6 31 (8.66%) Consultant
7 29 (8.10%) UX Designer
8 26 (7.26%) Python Developer
9 21 (5.87%) Interaction Designer
10 19 (5.31%) Service Designer
11 18 (5.03%) Analyst
11 18 (5.03%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.91%) Senior Designer
13 12 (3.35%) Lead
14 11 (3.07%) Business Analyst
15 10 (2.79%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.79%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.79%) UI Designer
16 9 (2.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.85%) CSS
1 46 (12.85%) HTML
2 24 (6.70%) React
3 16 (4.47%) Node.js
4 15 (4.19%) REST
5 11 (3.07%) Flask
6 9 (2.51%) HTML5
7 6 (1.68%) .NET
8 5 (1.40%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.40%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.40%) JSON
8 5 (1.40%) SignalR
9 4 (1.12%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.12%) Framer.js
9 4 (1.12%) React Native
9 4 (1.12%) Web Services
10 3 (0.84%) CSS3
10 3 (0.84%) RESTful
10 3 (0.84%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 3 (0.84%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.54%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.70%) Robotics
3 18 (5.03%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.07%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.79%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.23%) Infotainment
9 6 (1.68%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.68%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.40%) CMDB
10 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.84%) Animation
11 3 (0.84%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.84%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.84%) Mobile Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.04%) Windows
2 29 (8.10%) Linux
3 12 (3.35%) Android
3 12 (3.35%) Debian
3 12 (3.35%) Ubuntu
4 11 (3.07%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.68%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (38.55%) Agile
2 73 (20.39%) User Experience
3 67 (18.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 53 (14.80%) User Research
5 51 (14.25%) UX Design
6 50 (13.97%) Software Engineering
7 44 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (11.73%) User Stories
8 42 (11.73%) Wireframes
9 39 (10.89%) Interaction Design
10 34 (9.50%) Data Modelling
10 34 (9.50%) Service Design
11 32 (8.94%) DevOps
12 31 (8.66%) Customer Service
13 28 (7.82%) Workshop Facilitation
14 27 (7.54%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (7.54%) Rapid Prototyping
15 24 (6.70%) Visualisation
16 23 (6.42%) Usability Testing
17 22 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.67%) Python
2 51 (14.25%) JavaScript
3 22 (6.15%) SQL
4 21 (5.87%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.31%) Java
6 18 (5.03%) C++
7 10 (2.79%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.51%) C#
9 8 (2.23%) VBA
10 7 (1.96%) R
11 2 (0.56%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) Jython
12 1 (0.28%) PHP
12 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Rust
12 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.28%) Tcl
12 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (29.33%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.85%) DV Cleared
3 45 (12.57%) SC Cleared
4 41 (11.45%) Degree
5 15 (4.19%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.56%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) CISA
10 1 (0.28%) CRISC
10 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.66%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.68%) QA
3 5 (1.40%) WCAG
4 3 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (2.51%) Firmware
2 8 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.68%) Docker
4 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.19%) WMI
2 9 (2.51%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.96%) Functional Safety
4 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.84%) Terraform
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) Istio
6 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 80 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.47%) Adobe
2 16 (4.47%) VMware
3 14 (3.91%) Google
4 12 (3.35%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.07%) SAP
6 10 (2.79%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.12%) Cisco
8 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.12%) Juniper
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle
9 3 (0.84%) ESRI
9 3 (0.84%) IBM
9 3 (0.84%) Nintex
9 3 (0.84%) Pega
9 3 (0.84%) Twitter
10 2 (0.56%) Spotify
11 1 (0.28%) Databricks
11 1 (0.28%) Workday