Objectives and Key Results Contracts

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 623 642
Rank change year-on-year +97 +19 +46
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 58 74 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 52 149
10th Percentile £456 £488 £413
25th Percentile £481 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £566 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -1.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £713
90th Percentile £788 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £526 £530 £575
% change year-on-year -0.85% -7.83% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.08 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Objectives and Key Results falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Objectives and Key Results as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Objectives and Key Results.

Daily rate trend for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Objectives and Key Results.

Hourly rate trend for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objectives and Key Results within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +78 45 £600 +4.80% 33
London +78 34 £625 +13.64% 26
UK excluding London +20 20 £526 -0.85% 7
Work from Home +103 19 £511 -10.44% 24
Wales +26 7 £526 -10.17%
North of England +20 5 £600 +54.84% 2
Yorkshire +17 5 £600 +54.84%
South East +15 4 £350 -40.43% 3
Scotland +38 3 £500 -4.71%
Midlands +17 1 £650 -
West Midlands - 1 £650 -

Objectives and Key Results
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 5 (8.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Azure
2 9 (15.52%) GitHub
2 9 (15.52%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (12.07%) SaaS
4 5 (8.62%) Miro
5 3 (5.17%) AWS
5 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (3.45%) Asana
6 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.45%) Figma
6 2 (3.45%) GCP
6 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.45%) Smartsheet
6 2 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.72%) Bloomreach
7 1 (1.72%) PaaS
7 1 (1.72%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (1.72%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Tableau
2 2 (3.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.72%) Looker
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (18.97%) JIRA
2 7 (12.07%) Cypress.io
2 7 (12.07%) Storybook
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 23 (39.66%) Finance
3 9 (15.52%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Automotive
6 3 (5.17%) Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Billing
7 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Publishing
8 1 (1.72%) Back Office
8 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Lead
2 8 (13.79%) Senior
3 7 (12.07%) Developer
3 7 (12.07%) Product Owner
4 6 (10.34%) Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 6 (10.34%) Product Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Senior Product Owner
6 3 (5.17%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 3 (5.17%) Head of Analytics
6 3 (5.17%) Head of Business Intelligence
6 3 (5.17%) Technical Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Agile Coach
7 2 (3.45%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Data Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Designer
7 2 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.45%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) Playwright
1 7 (12.07%) Vue
2 4 (6.90%) Laravel
3 3 (5.17%) ADO
4 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.45%) CSS
4 2 (3.45%) HTML
4 2 (3.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.72%) DataPower
4 1 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Android
1 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 2 (3.45%) Linux
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (84.48%) Agile
2 26 (44.83%) Roadmaps
3 19 (32.76%) Scrum
4 16 (27.59%) Analytics
5 14 (24.14%) Kanban
5 14 (24.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 12 (20.69%) CI/CD
6 12 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (20.69%) Project Management
7 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (18.97%) Product Roadmap
7 11 (18.97%) Product Strategy
7 11 (18.97%) Strategic Thinking
8 9 (15.52%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 9 (15.52%) Business Case
8 9 (15.52%) Change Management
8 9 (15.52%) Product Management
8 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (13.79%) DevOps
9 8 (13.79%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) TypeScript
2 2 (3.45%) Java
2 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.45%) Python
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.45%) CSPO
1 2 (3.45%) PMP
2 1 (1.72%) Degree
2 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.72%) PgMP
2 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) QA
2 6 (10.34%) PMO
3 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) SAP
3 3 (5.17%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.45%) Adobe
4 2 (3.45%) Citrix
4 2 (3.45%) Guidewire
4 2 (3.45%) Planview
4 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) Ariba
5 1 (1.72%) Concur
5 1 (1.72%) NCR
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle