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 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 270 258 215
Rank change year-on-year -12 -43 +10
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 362 570 1,185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.02% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.13% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 383 817
10th Percentile £400 £376 £413
25th Percentile £500 £448 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £825 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £564 £476 £550
% change year-on-year +18.37% -13.41% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 14
10th Percentile £21.43 £49.75 £39.69
25th Percentile £41.88 £55.31 £52.19
Median hourly rate £62.00 £58.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -2.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £64.19
90th Percentile £91.60 £77.94 £79.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £61.25 £60.46
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.31% +20.92%

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 36,802 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%

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 1 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 1 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 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 -4 317 £575 +4.55% 242
UK excluding London +31 214 £564 +18.37% 171
London -34 125 £550 -8.33% 72
South East +50 117 £650 +14.04% 52
Work from Home -14 88 £550 +4.76% 67
North of England +21 41 £550 +22.22% 38
Scotland +5 25 £425 -11.23% 11
North West +23 22 £520 +15.56% 24
Yorkshire +16 18 £600 +26.32% 8
Midlands +29 16 £538 +34.50% 32
West Midlands +17 12 £528 +32.00% 20
South West -17 6 £724 +60.88% 27
Northern Ireland - 5 £563 - 1
East Midlands +15 4 £550 +100.00% 12
East of England -4 4 £550 +18.28% 17
North East +10 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 15 (4.14%) Confluence
2 7 (1.93%) Apache
3 3 (0.83%) CMS
3 3 (0.83%) IIS
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.55%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (6.63%) Sketch
2 9 (2.49%) Adobe XD
2 9 (2.49%) InVision
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (1.93%) CANalyzer
5 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (1.10%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.55%) SPSS
9 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.28%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (0.28%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) Maximo
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.55%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.43%) Azure
1 45 (12.43%) Figma
2 18 (4.97%) AWS
3 17 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.59%) Power Automate
5 10 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.21%) SaaS
8 7 (1.93%) GitHub
9 6 (1.66%) IaaS
9 6 (1.66%) PaaS
9 6 (1.66%) Serverless
10 5 (1.38%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.83%) GCP
11 3 (0.83%) OCI
12 2 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.55%) Oracle CX
12 2 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.63%) Ethernet
2 15 (4.14%) SAN
3 14 (3.87%) SNMP
3 14 (3.87%) Software-Defined Radio
4 13 (3.59%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.66%) FlexRay
6 4 (1.10%) BGP
6 4 (1.10%) DMVPN
6 4 (1.10%) EIGRP
6 4 (1.10%) OSPF
7 3 (0.83%) 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 (3.31%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.04%) Big Data
3 10 (2.76%) Hadoop
3 10 (2.76%) Power BI
4 9 (2.49%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.49%) Tableau
5 6 (1.66%) Flink
5 6 (1.66%) KDB
6 5 (1.38%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.38%) Redis
7 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.83%) GIS
8 3 (0.83%) Metadata
8 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.83%) Spatial Data
8 3 (0.83%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.55%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.28%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 18 (4.97%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (4.42%) Git
2 16 (4.42%) JIRA
3 15 (4.14%) MSI
4 14 (3.87%) Eclipse
4 14 (3.87%) Robot Framework
5 13 (3.59%) GoogleTest
6 11 (3.04%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.21%) Axure RP
8 7 (1.93%) CANoe
9 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.55%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.28%) GoCD
11 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
General
1 89 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.15%) Finance
3 42 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.73%) Electronics
5 26 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (6.08%) Marketing
7 19 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.31%) Banking
10 11 (3.04%) Automotive
11 10 (2.76%) Games
12 8 (2.21%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Publishing
14 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.55%) Back Office
16 2 (0.55%) Legal
16 2 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (25.97%) Designer
2 71 (19.61%) Architect
3 70 (19.34%) Developer
4 52 (14.36%) Infrastructure Architect
5 41 (11.33%) Senior
6 32 (8.84%) Consultant
7 29 (8.01%) Python Developer
8 26 (7.18%) UX Designer
9 23 (6.35%) Interaction Designer
10 19 (5.25%) Service Designer
11 18 (4.97%) Analyst
11 18 (4.97%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.87%) Senior Designer
13 12 (3.31%) Lead
14 11 (3.04%) Business Analyst
14 11 (3.04%) Data Scientist
14 11 (3.04%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.76%) Software Developer
16 8 (2.21%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (13.81%) CSS
1 50 (13.81%) HTML
2 26 (7.18%) React
3 17 (4.70%) Node.js
4 13 (3.59%) Flask
4 13 (3.59%) REST
5 9 (2.49%) HTML5
6 6 (1.66%) .NET
6 6 (1.66%) FastAPI
6 6 (1.66%) JSON
7 5 (1.38%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.38%) SignalR
8 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.10%) React Native
8 4 (1.10%) Web Services
9 3 (0.83%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 3 (0.83%) Unreal Engine
9 3 (0.83%) XHTML
9 3 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.63%) Robotics
3 18 (4.97%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (3.31%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.04%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.93%) Infotainment
8 6 (1.66%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.66%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.83%) Animation
10 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.83%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (0.83%) Photography
11 2 (0.55%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.85%) Windows
2 31 (8.56%) Linux
3 13 (3.59%) Debian
3 13 (3.59%) Ubuntu
4 12 (3.31%) Android
5 11 (3.04%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.93%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.66%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.28%) Unix
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (37.85%) Agile
2 73 (20.17%) User Experience
3 68 (18.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 52 (14.36%) Software Engineering
4 52 (14.36%) User Research
5 50 (13.81%) UX Design
6 44 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (11.60%) User Stories
8 41 (11.33%) Interaction Design
9 40 (11.05%) Wireframes
10 35 (9.67%) Service Design
11 33 (9.12%) DevOps
12 32 (8.84%) Customer Service
12 32 (8.84%) Data Modelling
13 28 (7.73%) Workshop Facilitation
14 27 (7.46%) Rapid Prototyping
15 26 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (6.63%) Visualisation
17 22 (6.08%) Stakeholder Management
17 22 (6.08%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (21.55%) Python
2 54 (14.92%) JavaScript
3 23 (6.35%) SQL
4 21 (5.80%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.25%) C++
5 19 (5.25%) Java
6 11 (3.04%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.76%) C#
8 7 (1.93%) R
8 7 (1.93%) VBA
9 2 (0.55%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) Jython
10 1 (0.28%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.28%) Rust
10 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.28%) Tcl
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 52 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.71%) DV Cleared
4 44 (12.15%) Degree
5 16 (4.42%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.55%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) CCNP
10 1 (0.28%) CISA
10 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CRISC
10 1 (0.28%) MCSE
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.29%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.66%) QA
3 5 (1.38%) WCAG
4 3 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (3.04%) Firmware
2 8 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.93%) Docker
4 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.14%) WMI
2 10 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.66%) Functional Safety
4 4 (1.10%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.83%) Terraform
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) Istio
6 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 84 (23.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.97%) VMware
3 16 (4.42%) Adobe
4 15 (4.14%) Google
5 13 (3.59%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.04%) Atlassian
7 10 (2.76%) SAP
8 5 (1.38%) Oracle
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco
9 4 (1.10%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.10%) Juniper
10 3 (0.83%) ESRI
10 3 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) Nintex
10 3 (0.83%) Pega
10 3 (0.83%) Twitter
11 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.55%) Spotify
12 1 (0.28%) Databricks
12 1 (0.28%) Workday