Social Housing Contracts

Social Housing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing 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 543 688 841
Rank change year-on-year +145 +153 -117
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 41 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.016% 0.008%
As % of the General category 0.16% 0.028% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 4 3
10th Percentile £300 £248 £365
25th Percentile £413 £281 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £584 £503 £575
90th Percentile £650 £597 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -15.14% +21.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £17.00 - -
25th Percentile £24.99 - -
Median hourly rate £35.96 - -
75th Percentile £39.25 - -
90th Percentile £40.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.11 - -

All General Skills
UK

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,967 32,502 49,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.17% 58.52% 56.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,678 22,562 34,571
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £768 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,003 996 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £71.89 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £27.50 £19.59
% change year-on-year +7.27% +40.36% +3.12%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Housing.

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Housing.

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing 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 +115 37 £440 -2.22% 128
London +103 22 £440 +76.00% 22
UK excluding London +36 14 £463 -15.14% 110
Work from Home +125 11 £550 +100.00% 37
Midlands +24 8 £559 - 27
East Midlands - 5 £559 - 14
North of England +19 3 £283 -37.22% 23
North West - 2 £190 - 18
South West - 2 £456 - 16
West Midlands +18 1 £595 - 13
Yorkshire - 1 £375 - 2
Scotland - 1 £675 - 4

Social Housing
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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) OPENHousing
2 2 (4.88%) NEC Housing
3 1 (2.44%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) 4G
1 1 (2.44%) 5G
1 1 (2.44%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.88%) Power BI
4 1 (2.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
General
1 17 (41.46%) Local Government
2 12 (29.27%) Finance
3 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (9.76%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Billing
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Project Manager
2 10 (24.39%) Lead
3 8 (19.51%) Data Migration Lead
4 7 (17.07%) Senior
5 5 (12.20%) Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Administrator
8 2 (4.88%) Data Migration Specialist
8 2 (4.88%) Migration Specialist
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.88%) Systems Administrator
9 1 (2.44%) 2nd Line Support
9 1 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 1 (2.44%) Business Transformation Consultant
9 1 (2.44%) Consultant
9 1 (2.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Housing Association
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Data Migration
1 11 (26.83%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (19.51%) Business Transformation
4 7 (17.07%) Asset Management
4 7 (17.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Project Management
6 5 (12.20%) Decarbonisation
7 4 (9.76%) Integration Testing
7 4 (9.76%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (7.32%) ERP
8 3 (7.32%) ITIL
8 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2
9 2 (4.88%) Customer Service
9 2 (4.88%) Housing Management
9 2 (4.88%) Information Governance
9 2 (4.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Capita
3 4 (9.76%) Northgate
4 2 (4.88%) Civica
4 2 (4.88%) NEC
5 1 (2.44%) Aareon