The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Time Sharing Option skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Time Sharing Option over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Time Sharing Option is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
4,725
7,280
11,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
10.91%
13.07%
13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,274
5,128
8,363
10th Percentile
£205
£200
£200
25th Percentile
£356
£385
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£525
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-4.76%
-
+6.06%
75th Percentile
£600
£638
£625
90th Percentile
£688
£725
£700
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£478
£450
% change year-on-year
-0.52%
+6.11%
+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted
225
250
288
10th Percentile
£14.06
£15.19
£13.00
25th Percentile
£15.50
£20.00
£15.00
Median hourly rate
£24.18
£54.70
£20.00
Median % change year-on-year
-55.79%
+173.48%
-
75th Percentile
£60.75
£67.13
£45.06
90th Percentile
£79.20
£75.53
£61.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£27.50
£48.12
£17.88
% change year-on-year
-42.85%
+169.14%
-2.15%
Time Sharing Option Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Time Sharing Option as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Time Sharing Option Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Time Sharing Option.
Time Sharing Option Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Time Sharing Option over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.
Time Sharing Option Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Time Sharing Option.
Time Sharing Option Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Time Sharing Option within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Time Sharing Option Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, contractor job vacancies citing Time Sharing Option also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Time Sharing Option.
Time Sharing Option 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:
