Knowledge Transfer Contracts

Knowledge Transfer
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Knowledge Transfer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 264 379
Rank change year-on-year -9 +115 -25
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 341 554 604
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.98% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.09% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 377 419
10th Percentile £375 £328 £346
25th Percentile £455 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £538 £515
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +4.37% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £616
90th Percentile £738 £745 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 13
10th Percentile £16.20 £13.15 £10.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.46 £11.17
Median hourly rate £24.26 £17.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% +7.19% -78.85%
75th Percentile £37.59 £18.50 £19.06
90th Percentile £45.03 £21.25 £65.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £17.00 £15.80
% change year-on-year +13.72% +7.59% -74.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Knowledge Transfer 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 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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 -17 273 £544 -1.09% 116
UK excluding London -19 172 £500 -4.76% 84
Work from Home +32 127 £525 -3.31% 170
London +30 114 £600 +9.09% 38
North of England -10 39 £500 - 20
South West +4 35 £475 -24.00% 15
Scotland +41 30 £500 - 7
South East -29 27 £544 -1.09% 22
East of England +24 23 £600 +100.00% 2
North West -11 18 £550 +10.00% 12
Yorkshire +13 17 £450 -16.28% 6
Midlands +21 16 £463 +15.63% 12
West Midlands +6 9 £425 -26.09% 10
East Midlands +18 7 £500 +150.00% 2
Wales +18 2 £800 +68.42% 3
North East +9 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 3

Knowledge Transfer
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 21 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.99%) Confluence
3 11 (3.23%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.59%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.64%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.35%) Workday HCM
3 7 (2.05%) SAP SD
4 5 (1.47%) SAP PS
5 4 (1.17%) SAP CO
5 4 (1.17%) SAP FI
5 4 (1.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.88%) SAP MII
6 3 (0.88%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.88%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.88%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.59%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.59%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.59%) Unica
8 1 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.82%) Azure
2 28 (8.21%) AWS
3 21 (6.16%) GCP
4 17 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (4.99%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (3.23%) OCI
7 10 (2.93%) Azure Stack
7 10 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.64%) Twilio
9 7 (2.05%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.47%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.88%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.59%) Catchpoint
13 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.50%) Firewall
2 15 (4.40%) SD-WAN
2 15 (4.40%) VoIP
2 15 (4.40%) WAN
3 13 (3.81%) CTI
4 12 (3.52%) BGP
5 7 (2.05%) WLAN
6 6 (1.76%) DNS
6 6 (1.76%) LAN
7 5 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.17%) DHCP
8 4 (1.17%) InfiniBand
8 4 (1.17%) Network Security
8 4 (1.17%) Wireless
9 3 (0.88%) Intranet
9 3 (0.88%) VPN
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.59%) IPv6
10 2 (0.59%) SSL
10 2 (0.59%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.81%) Ingres
2 12 (3.52%) Power BI
3 9 (2.64%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.17%) Metadata
5 4 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.88%) Big Data
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.59%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.59%) Tableau
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.29%) Parquet
8 1 (0.29%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.45%) JIRA
2 6 (1.76%) MLflow
3 4 (1.17%) Mocha
4 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.59%) Git
5 2 (0.59%) Selenium
5 2 (0.59%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.59%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.29%) Postman
6 1 (0.29%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 97 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 88 (25.81%) Finance
3 50 (14.66%) Public Sector
4 47 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.16%) Retail
5 21 (6.16%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.57%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.11%) Banking
9 13 (3.81%) Marketing
10 8 (2.35%) Electronics
10 8 (2.35%) Law
11 7 (2.05%) Back Office
11 7 (2.05%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.76%) Front Office
13 5 (1.47%) Local Government
14 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.17%) Legal
15 2 (0.59%) French Language
Job Titles
1 44 (12.90%) Consultant
2 42 (12.32%) Analyst
3 40 (11.73%) Developer
4 36 (10.56%) Senior
5 32 (9.38%) Architect
6 28 (8.21%) Lead
7 19 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.28%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.69%) DBA
10 15 (4.40%) SAP Consultant
11 14 (4.11%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.81%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.52%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.52%) Network Engineer
14 11 (3.23%) Ingres DBA
15 9 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (2.64%) Transition Manager
16 8 (2.35%) .NET Developer
16 8 (2.35%) Administrator
16 8 (2.35%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.40%) .NET
2 14 (4.11%) React
3 10 (2.93%) Web Services
4 9 (2.64%) Middleware
5 6 (1.76%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.76%) HTML
5 6 (1.76%) XML
6 5 (1.47%) CSS
6 5 (1.47%) Spring
7 4 (1.17%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.17%) FpML
7 4 (1.17%) Jest
7 4 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.17%) Redux
8 3 (0.88%) JSON
8 3 (0.88%) REST
8 3 (0.88%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.59%) Node.js
9 2 (0.59%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.29%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.16%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.40%) Private Cloud
4 13 (3.81%) IVR
4 13 (3.81%) PKI
5 11 (3.23%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.64%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.64%) Wiki
7 6 (1.76%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.76%) Derivative
7 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.17%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.59%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.59%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.92%) Windows
2 12 (3.52%) Linux
3 5 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.17%) AIX
5 3 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.59%) Android
6 2 (0.59%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) Solaris
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (18.48%) Agile
2 52 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (14.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (13.20%) Migration
5 34 (9.97%) DevOps
5 34 (9.97%) Project Management
6 33 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (8.50%) Analytics
7 29 (8.50%) Roadmaps
8 28 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (7.92%) Project Delivery
10 26 (7.62%) ITIL
11 25 (7.33%) Computer Science
12 24 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (7.04%) User Acceptance Testing
13 23 (6.74%) Mentoring
14 21 (6.16%) CRM
15 20 (5.87%) Data Migration
16 19 (5.57%) ERP
16 19 (5.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.69%) Java
2 13 (3.81%) SQL
3 12 (3.52%) Python
4 8 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.76%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.76%) Scala
6 5 (1.47%) C#
6 5 (1.47%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.88%) ABAP
7 3 (0.88%) VBA
8 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
9 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 55 (16.13%) Degree
2 49 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.87%) Master's Degree
5 19 (5.57%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.52%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.23%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.05%) SAP Certification
11 5 (1.47%) CCNP
11 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.17%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.88%) PMP
14 2 (0.59%) CCIE
14 2 (0.59%) CCNA
15 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.16%) QA
2 12 (3.52%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.23%) GDPR
3 11 (3.23%) Government Security Classifications
3 11 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.35%) HIPAA
4 8 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 8 (2.35%) SLA
4 8 (2.35%) SOC 2
5 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.17%) PMO
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) Docker
4 2 (0.59%) Firmware
4 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.47%) Endace
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.88%) Ansible
4 3 (0.88%) SCCM
5 2 (0.59%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.59%) Terraform
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.29%) PowerBroker
6 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 76 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 55 (16.13%) SAP
3 26 (7.62%) Cisco
4 23 (6.74%) Oracle
5 22 (6.45%) Google
6 13 (3.81%) Genesys
7 12 (3.52%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.93%) VMware
9 9 (2.64%) Ariba
9 9 (2.64%) Avaya
9 9 (2.64%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.64%) Workday
10 8 (2.35%) Databricks
10 8 (2.35%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.35%) Yardi
11 7 (2.05%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.76%) F5
12 6 (1.76%) Juniper
13 5 (1.47%) ServiceNow
14 4 (1.17%) Veeam