Prototyping Contracts in the South East

Prototyping
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 138 177
Rank change year-on-year +49 +39 -19
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 117 74 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.07% 1.31% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 1.47% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 43 56
10th Percentile £546 £400 £514
25th Percentile £559 £469 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £570 £625
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +56.25%
75th Percentile £825 £600 £700
90th Percentile - £680 £750
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 2
10th Percentile £62.00 £51.25 £40.59
25th Percentile £62.25 £55.00 £43.34
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +15.29% -0.25%
75th Percentile £91.00 £58.75 £54.59
90th Percentile £92.37 £67.50 £56.26
England median hourly rate £62.25 £58.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +5.96% -2.08% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Prototyping in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire +25 78 £800 +25.49% 12
Thames Valley +22 35 £560 +1.82% 21
Berkshire +2 24 £675 +20.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +22 11 £550 +4.76% 4
Surrey +18 4 £650 -13.33% 2
Prototyping
England

Prototyping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (9.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.85%) InVision
2 1 (0.85%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (0.85%) Sketch
2 1 (0.85%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.42%) AWS
1 4 (3.42%) Azure
2 2 (1.71%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.68%) Ethernet
2 14 (11.97%) SNMP
2 14 (11.97%) Software-Defined Radio
3 11 (9.40%) SAN
4 9 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.42%) BGP
5 4 (3.42%) DMVPN
5 4 (3.42%) EIGRP
5 4 (3.42%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 16 (13.68%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (12.82%) MSI
3 14 (11.97%) Eclipse
3 14 (11.97%) Git
3 14 (11.97%) Robot Framework
4 13 (11.11%) GoogleTest
5 11 (9.40%) Bitbucket
5 11 (9.40%) JIRA
6 1 (0.85%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.85%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (14.53%) Electronics
2 5 (4.27%) Aerospace
3 4 (3.42%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.71%) Back Office
4 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.71%) Retail
5 1 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.85%) Automotive
5 1 (0.85%) Finance
5 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.85%) Marketing
5 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (52.14%) Architect
2 52 (44.44%) Infrastructure Architect
3 16 (13.68%) Consultant
3 16 (13.68%) Developer
4 9 (7.69%) Python Developer
5 8 (6.84%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) Java Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) Java Software Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.27%) Analyst
8 5 (4.27%) Linux Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Backend Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Designer
9 4 (3.42%) Network Specialist
9 4 (3.42%) Senior
9 4 (3.42%) Software Architect
10 3 (2.56%) Analyst Developer
10 3 (2.56%) Senior Architect
10 3 (2.56%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.11%) CSS
1 13 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (0.85%) CSS3
2 1 (0.85%) DirectX
2 1 (0.85%) Framer.js
2 1 (0.85%) HTML5
2 1 (0.85%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.85%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (0.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (0.85%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (0.85%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.95%) Robotics
2 16 (13.68%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.85%) Animation
6 1 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.85%) CMDB
6 1 (0.85%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.85%) Mixed Reality
6 1 (0.85%) PKI
6 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (51.28%) Windows
2 25 (21.37%) Linux
3 9 (7.69%) Debian
3 9 (7.69%) Ubuntu
4 7 (5.98%) Windows Server
5 6 (5.13%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (44.44%) Agile
2 22 (18.80%) Software Engineering
3 16 (13.68%) Configuration Management
3 16 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (13.68%) Requirements Management
4 15 (12.82%) Design for Manufacturing
4 15 (12.82%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (12.82%) Validation
5 14 (11.97%) Verification and Validation
6 12 (10.26%) Scrum
7 11 (9.40%) SysML
7 11 (9.40%) UML
7 11 (9.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 10 (8.55%) Data Modelling
8 10 (8.55%) ITIL
9 9 (7.69%) Data Engineering
9 9 (7.69%) User Experience
10 8 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (6.84%) DevOps
10 8 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.09%) PowerShell
2 14 (11.97%) C++
3 13 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.55%) Python
5 9 (7.69%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (62.39%) Security Cleared
2 41 (35.04%) DV Cleared
3 19 (16.24%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.13%) Degree
4 6 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.71%) PhD
6 1 (0.85%) CCNP
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.85%) MCSE
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) GDPR
2 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) NCSC
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (9.40%) Firmware
2 7 (5.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (12.82%) WMI
2 4 (3.42%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Nessus
3 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (50.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.11%) Google
2 13 (11.11%) VMware
3 11 (9.40%) Atlassian
4 9 (7.69%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco
5 4 (3.42%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.42%) Juniper
6 2 (1.71%) SAP
7 1 (0.85%) Adobe
7 1 (0.85%) CA
7 1 (0.85%) Workday