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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 252 215
Rank change year-on-year -17 -37 +3
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 360 568 1,189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.02% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.14% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 381 823
10th Percentile £400 £375 £413
25th Percentile £500 £450 £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 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +18.06% -13.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 14
10th Percentile £20.05 £49.75 £39.69
25th Percentile £41.56 £55.31 £52.19
Median hourly rate £61.00 £58.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% -2.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £64.19
90th Percentile £91.80 £77.94 £79.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.25 £61.25 £60.46
% change year-on-year +8.16% +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 36,767 49,750 79,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.37% 89.73% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,536 34,430 55,867
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
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% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,657 1,878
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.51
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.64%
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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -15 316 £575 +4.55% 244
UK excluding London +36 209 £564 +18.06% 177
London -50 128 £553 -7.83% 65
South East +59 116 £650 +14.04% 55
Work from Home -8 85 £550 +4.76% 75
North of England +17 40 £550 +22.22% 41
Scotland +11 23 £425 -11.46% 12
North West +19 22 £520 +15.56% 27
Yorkshire +15 17 £600 +26.32% 8
Midlands +24 15 £538 +38.84% 27
West Midlands +19 12 £528 +32.00% 15
South West -16 6 £724 +60.88% 31
Northern Ireland - 5 £563 - 1
East of England -2 4 £550 +18.28% 16
East Midlands +11 3 £550 +69.23% 12
North East +9 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 14 (3.89%) Confluence
2 6 (1.67%) Apache
3 3 (0.83%) CMS
3 3 (0.83%) IIS
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (6.94%) Sketch
2 10 (2.78%) InVision
3 9 (2.50%) Adobe XD
4 8 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (1.94%) CANalyzer
5 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.11%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.56%) OmniGraffle
8 2 (0.56%) SPSS
8 2 (0.56%) UXPin
9 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) Maximo
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.56%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.78%) Figma
2 44 (12.22%) Azure
3 17 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.44%) AWS
5 13 (3.61%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.22%) SaaS
9 7 (1.94%) GitHub
10 6 (1.67%) IaaS
10 6 (1.67%) PaaS
10 6 (1.67%) Serverless
11 5 (1.39%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.83%) GCP
12 3 (0.83%) OCI
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.56%) Oracle CX
13 2 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.67%) Ethernet
2 14 (3.89%) SAN
3 13 (3.61%) SNMP
3 13 (3.61%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (3.33%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.67%) FlexRay
6 4 (1.11%) BGP
6 4 (1.11%) DMVPN
6 4 (1.11%) EIGRP
6 4 (1.11%) 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 (3.33%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.06%) Big Data
3 10 (2.78%) Hadoop
3 10 (2.78%) Power BI
4 9 (2.50%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.50%) Tableau
5 6 (1.67%) KDB
6 5 (1.39%) Flink
6 5 (1.39%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.39%) Redis
7 4 (1.11%) 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 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.28%) KNIME
10 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 18 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (4.17%) Git
2 15 (4.17%) JIRA
2 15 (4.17%) MSI
3 13 (3.61%) Eclipse
3 13 (3.61%) Robot Framework
4 12 (3.33%) GoogleTest
5 10 (2.78%) Bitbucket
6 9 (2.50%) Axure RP
7 7 (1.94%) CANoe
8 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.56%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) GoCD
10 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
General
1 91 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.50%) Finance
3 40 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.06%) Electronics
5 26 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.39%) Marketing
7 19 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.33%) Banking
10 11 (3.06%) Automotive
11 10 (2.78%) Games
12 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.11%) Publishing
15 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.56%) Legal
16 2 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (26.11%) Designer
2 74 (20.56%) Architect
3 65 (18.06%) Developer
4 52 (14.44%) Infrastructure Architect
5 39 (10.83%) Senior
6 32 (8.89%) Consultant
7 29 (8.06%) UX Designer
8 26 (7.22%) Python Developer
9 22 (6.11%) Interaction Designer
10 19 (5.28%) Service Designer
10 19 (5.28%) Software Engineer
11 16 (4.44%) Analyst
12 14 (3.89%) Senior Designer
13 12 (3.33%) Lead
14 11 (3.06%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.78%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.78%) Software Developer
15 10 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.78%) UI Designer
16 9 (2.50%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.61%) CSS
1 49 (13.61%) HTML
2 25 (6.94%) React
3 17 (4.72%) Node.js
3 17 (4.72%) REST
4 12 (3.33%) Flask
5 10 (2.78%) HTML5
6 6 (1.67%) .NET
6 6 (1.67%) JSON
7 5 (1.39%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.39%) FastAPI
7 5 (1.39%) SignalR
8 4 (1.11%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.11%) Framer.js
8 4 (1.11%) React Native
8 4 (1.11%) Web Services
9 3 (0.83%) CSS3
9 3 (0.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 3 (0.83%) XHTML
9 3 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.67%) Robotics
3 18 (5.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (3.33%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.94%) Infotainment
8 6 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.67%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.39%) CMDB
9 5 (1.39%) 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
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.94%) Windows
2 29 (8.06%) Linux
3 12 (3.33%) Android
3 12 (3.33%) Debian
3 12 (3.33%) Ubuntu
4 11 (3.06%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (38.06%) Agile
2 73 (20.28%) User Experience
3 68 (18.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 54 (15.00%) User Research
5 51 (14.17%) Software Engineering
5 51 (14.17%) UX Design
6 45 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (11.39%) User Stories
8 40 (11.11%) Interaction Design
8 40 (11.11%) Wireframes
9 34 (9.44%) Data Modelling
9 34 (9.44%) Service Design
10 32 (8.89%) DevOps
11 31 (8.61%) Customer Service
12 28 (7.78%) Rapid Prototyping
13 27 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (7.22%) Workshop Facilitation
15 24 (6.67%) Visualisation
16 23 (6.39%) Usability Testing
17 22 (6.11%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.83%) Python
2 54 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 22 (6.11%) SQL
4 21 (5.83%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.28%) Java
6 18 (5.00%) C++
7 11 (3.06%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.78%) C#
9 7 (1.94%) R
9 7 (1.94%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.28%) Jython
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.28%) Tcl
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (29.44%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.78%) DV Cleared
2 46 (12.78%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.67%) Degree
4 16 (4.44%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.56%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) CISA
9 1 (0.28%) CRISC
9 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.61%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.67%) QA
3 5 (1.39%) WCAG
4 3 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (2.50%) Firmware
2 8 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.67%) Docker
4 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.17%) WMI
2 9 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.67%) Functional Safety
4 4 (1.11%) 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 81 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.44%) Adobe
2 16 (4.44%) VMware
3 14 (3.89%) Google
4 12 (3.33%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.06%) SAP
6 10 (2.78%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.39%) Oracle
9 4 (1.11%) Cisco
9 4 (1.11%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.11%) 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 (0.56%) Spotify
12 1 (0.28%) Databricks
12 1 (0.28%) Workday