Blog Contracts

Blogs
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blog over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 618 750
Rank change year-on-year +94 +132 -126
Contract jobs citing Blog 51 64 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.34% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 49 63
10th Percentile £277 £234 £387
25th Percentile £378 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -12.62% +8.42%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £644 £890
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile £10.42 - £26.25
25th Percentile £12.50 £17.75 £32.68
Median hourly rate £13.00 £18.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% -52.26% +77.26%
75th Percentile £36.75 £19.25 £40.19
90th Percentile £38.13 - £40.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 - £21.97
% change year-on-year - - +10.24%

All Generic Skills
UK

Blog 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 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
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 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Blog in the UK

Blog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Blog in the UK

Blog
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 Blog 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 +75 45 £450 - 170
UK excluding London +39 26 £450 -10.00% 106
London +84 20 £358 -13.86% 60
Work from Home +98 14 £630 +22.93% 73
South West +15 14 £650 +26.83% 14
South East +16 9 £378 -11.06% 28
North of England +13 1 £450 -6.49% 39
East of England +2 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 £280 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 14

Blog
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 1 (1.96%) CMS
1 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (1.96%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (21.57%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.96%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (5.88%) SaaS
2 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.96%) Azure
2 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.96%) Canva
2 1 (1.96%) ChatGPT
2 1 (1.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) LAN
1 3 (5.88%) Wireless
2 1 (1.96%) SMS
2 1 (1.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (25.49%) Oracle Database
1 13 (25.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Marketing
3 8 (15.69%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (11.76%) Retail
5 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Front Office
6 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.96%) Advertising
7 1 (1.96%) Local Government
7 1 (1.96%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Architect
2 12 (23.53%) Administrator
3 9 (17.65%) Oracle Architect
4 8 (15.69%) Mac Administrator
4 8 (15.69%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (15.69%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (9.80%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 5 (9.80%) Senior
6 4 (7.84%) Communications Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Storage Architect
6 4 (7.84%) Storage Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Support Assistant
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Assistant
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Assistant
8 2 (3.92%) Content Designer
8 2 (3.92%) Cost Estimator
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) ODBC
2 1 (1.96%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.49%) Replication
2 9 (17.65%) Social Media
3 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.92%) Photography
5 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.96%) Animation
5 1 (1.96%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.96%) DataPower
5 1 (1.96%) FMCG
5 1 (1.96%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.96%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.96%) Podcast
5 1 (1.96%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.57%) Mac OS
1 11 (21.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Data Protection
2 13 (25.49%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (25.49%) Security Management
3 11 (21.57%) High Availability
4 8 (15.69%) Decision-Making
5 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.76%) Analytics
6 6 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 5 (9.80%) Agile
8 4 (7.84%) Coaching
8 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
8 4 (7.84%) Project Management
8 4 (7.84%) Time Management
9 3 (5.88%) Copywriting
9 3 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (5.88%) Mentoring
9 3 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (5.88%) Validation
10 2 (3.92%) SEO
10 2 (3.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) PL/SQL
1 11 (21.57%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
1 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.80%) SAP Certification
3 4 (7.84%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
1 13 (25.49%) Oracle
2 11 (21.57%) SAP
3 8 (15.69%) Apple
4 3 (5.88%) Instagram
5 2 (3.92%) Adobe
5 2 (3.92%) Facebook
6 1 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (1.96%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.96%) Pega
6 1 (1.96%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.96%) TikTok
6 1 (1.96%) Twitter