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 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 267 295 285
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 +56
Contract jobs citing Line Management 370 492 840
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.88% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.98% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 366 583
10th Percentile £158 £275 £248
25th Percentile £277 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £838 £650 £625
90th Percentile £888 £775 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £281 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -43.76% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 16 31
10th Percentile £12.55 £18.22 £15.31
25th Percentile £14.41 £31.17 £22.63
Median hourly rate £23.32 £55.24 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.78% +104.58% +45.95%
75th Percentile £58.75 £66.00 £45.19
90th Percentile £75.24 £73.50 £60.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.62 £59.81 £26.98
% change year-on-year -42.13% +121.69% +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 36,802 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%

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 1 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 1 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 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 +31 341 £560 +6.67% 934
UK excluding London 0 203 £281 -43.76% 717
London +56 149 £800 +45.45% 260
Work from Home +85 148 £625 +19.05% 328
South East +4 57 £413 -12.66% 148
South West +16 51 £173 -52.28% 98
North of England -21 30 £300 -41.46% 216
East of England +14 28 £300 -27.93% 85
Midlands +12 19 £500 -14.16% 127
West Midlands +9 17 £500 -27.27% 67
North West -8 17 £300 -40.00% 116
Scotland +19 15 £281 -43.76% 33
Yorkshire +3 13 £450 -18.18% 75
Wales +11 3 £125 -24.24% 28
East Midlands +6 2 £310 -27.06% 59

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 52 (14.05%) Apache
1 52 (14.05%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) IIS
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.35%) Simulink
4 5 (1.35%) Stateflow
4 5 (1.35%) TargetLink
5 4 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.27%) Revit
8 1 (0.27%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.08%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.54%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.54%) iTrent
3 2 (0.54%) Primavera
3 2 (0.54%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 60 (16.22%) AWS
2 55 (14.86%) GCP
3 52 (14.05%) dbt
3 52 (14.05%) Snowflake
4 22 (5.95%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.86%) Azure
7 7 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.35%) Google Sheets
9 5 (1.35%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.54%) Asana
11 2 (0.54%) GitHub
11 2 (0.54%) IaaS
12 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.14%) Firewall
1 19 (5.14%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.78%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.70%) WAN
4 7 (1.89%) LAN
5 6 (1.62%) 5G
5 6 (1.62%) DNS
5 6 (1.62%) Intranet
6 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.08%) BGP
7 4 (1.08%) DHCP
8 3 (0.81%) VPN
8 3 (0.81%) Wireless
9 2 (0.54%) Broadband
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.54%) MPLS
9 2 (0.54%) OSPF
9 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.05%) Amazon Athena
1 52 (14.05%) Apache Arrow
1 52 (14.05%) Apache Ignite
1 52 (14.05%) Data Lake
1 52 (14.05%) Dremio
2 22 (5.95%) Power BI
3 11 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.70%) GIS
5 3 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.81%) QlikView
5 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.54%) KDB
6 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Git
2 9 (2.43%) JIRA
3 6 (1.62%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (1.35%) Selenium
4 5 (1.35%) Subversion
5 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.81%) NUnit
5 3 (0.81%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 160 (43.24%) Finance
2 98 (26.49%) Social Skills
3 65 (17.57%) Banking
4 55 (14.86%) Front Office
4 55 (14.86%) Investment Banking
5 39 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (10.54%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.03%) Legal
7 23 (6.22%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.78%) Marketing
9 14 (3.78%) Police
10 13 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (3.24%) Law
11 12 (3.24%) Local Government
12 11 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.97%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.97%) Retail
13 7 (1.89%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (13.78%) Lead
2 48 (12.97%) Analyst
3 42 (11.35%) Project Manager
4 40 (10.81%) Senior
5 39 (10.54%) Developer
6 33 (8.92%) Architect
7 31 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
8 27 (7.30%) Team Leader
9 26 (7.03%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 26 (7.03%) Lead Developer
9 26 (7.03%) Lead Software Developer
9 26 (7.03%) Lead Software Engineer
9 26 (7.03%) Software Developer
9 26 (7.03%) Software Engineer
9 26 (7.03%) Software Team Leader
10 19 (5.14%) Service Analyst
11 18 (4.86%) Consultant
11 18 (4.86%) Service Desk Analyst
12 17 (4.59%) Senior Manager
13 16 (4.32%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.05%) gRPC
1 52 (14.05%) NumPy
1 52 (14.05%) Pandas
1 52 (14.05%) Protocol Buffers
1 52 (14.05%) SciPy
2 14 (3.78%) .NET
3 9 (2.43%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.62%) YAML
5 5 (1.35%) JSON
6 4 (1.08%) XML
7 3 (0.81%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.81%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.81%) jQuery
7 3 (0.81%) KnockoutJS
7 3 (0.81%) Spring
7 3 (0.81%) WCF
8 2 (0.54%) Node.js
8 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (17.84%) Management Information System
2 52 (14.05%) Derivative
2 52 (14.05%) Equities
2 52 (14.05%) Fixed Income
2 52 (14.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 52 (14.05%) Hedge funds
3 6 (1.62%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (1.62%) NHS
3 6 (1.62%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (1.62%) Virtual Team
4 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.35%) CMDB
4 5 (1.35%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.03%) Windows
2 12 (3.24%) Linux
3 10 (2.70%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.89%) Unix
6 5 (1.35%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.35%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (26.49%) Agile
2 86 (23.24%) Project Management
3 71 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (16.76%) Asset Management
5 57 (15.41%) Software Engineering
6 44 (11.89%) Change Management
7 39 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (10.54%) ITIL
7 39 (10.54%) PRINCE2
8 38 (10.27%) Risk Management
9 37 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (8.65%) Coaching
10 32 (8.65%) Customer Service
11 29 (7.84%) Project Delivery
12 28 (7.57%) Investment Management
12 28 (7.57%) People Management
13 25 (6.76%) Incident Management
14 22 (5.95%) Service Delivery
15 21 (5.68%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 57 (15.41%) Java
2 56 (15.14%) JavaScript
3 55 (14.86%) Python
4 52 (14.05%) TypeScript
5 12 (3.24%) C#
5 12 (3.24%) SQL
6 9 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.62%) Bicep
8 5 (1.35%) C
8 5 (1.35%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.81%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.54%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Go
11 1 (0.27%) R
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
11 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 53 (14.32%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.89%) Degree
3 42 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 11 (2.97%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.97%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.35%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.08%) CCNA
9 4 (1.08%) HNC
9 4 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.08%) MCSE
9 4 (1.08%) PMP
10 3 (0.81%) CCNP
10 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.81%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.54%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.30%) SLA
2 18 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.24%) GDPR
3 12 (3.24%) PMO
4 9 (2.43%) NIST
5 6 (1.62%) QA
6 5 (1.35%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.35%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.35%) ISO 26262
6 5 (1.35%) MISRA
6 5 (1.35%) MISRA C
6 5 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 24 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.08%) Firmware
4 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.81%) vSphere
5 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.27%) Cronacle
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (2.16%) SCCM
2 3 (0.81%) WSUS
3 2 (0.54%) Ansible
3 2 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.54%) Kibana
3 2 (0.54%) logstash
3 2 (0.54%) Packer
3 2 (0.54%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) Control-M
4 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.59%) Workday
3 13 (3.51%) Cisco
4 10 (2.70%) SAP
5 8 (2.16%) BT
5 8 (2.16%) Juniper
6 7 (1.89%) MicroStrategy
6 7 (1.89%) Oracle
6 7 (1.89%) VMware
7 6 (1.62%) Google
7 6 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.08%) Citrix
8 4 (1.08%) Sage
9 3 (0.81%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.54%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.54%) IBM
10 2 (0.54%) NEC
10 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.54%) Pegasus
10 2 (0.54%) Remedy