Def Stans Contracts in the UK excluding London

UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Def Stans skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Def Stans 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 374 394 474
Rank change year-on-year +20 +80 -32
Contract jobs citing Def Stans 27 36 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.16% 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.90% 1.07% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 15
10th Percentile £202 £463 £469
25th Percentile £418 £491 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £500 £558
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -10.31% -17.41%
75th Percentile £651 £538 £588
90th Percentile £719 £571 £619
UK median daily rate £588 £500 £558
% change year-on-year +17.50% -10.31% -17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 6
10th Percentile - £45.94 £44.24
25th Percentile - £49.75 £49.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £60.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +7.00% +41.71%
75th Percentile £67.38 - £68.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -30.77% +20.37% +25.96%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,989 3,358 4,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.02% 14.80% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 2,194 3,095
10th Percentile £250 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 198 198
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.02 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.18 £37.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -48.87% +67.45% +7.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £48.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.18 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Def Stans in the UK excluding London

Def Stans
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Def Stans in the UK excluding London

Def Stans
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Def Stans in the UK excluding London

Def Stans
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Def Stans in the UK excluding London

Def Stans
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Def Stans in the UK excluding London

Def Stans
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Def Stans within the UK excluding London region 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
South West +8 22 £600 +11.63% 10
South East +12 2 £670 - 10
Midlands +14 1 - - 5
North of England +13 1 £62 -87.54% 1
North West +12 1 £62 -87.54% 1
East Midlands +4 1 - - 4
East of England +4 1 - - 10
Def Stans
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Def Stans
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) 4G
1 1 (3.70%) 5G
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (3.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (48.15%) Aerospace
2 7 (25.93%) Electronics
3 2 (7.41%) Military
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Author
1 12 (44.44%) Technical Author
2 4 (14.81%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Compliance Officer
3 2 (7.41%) Configuration Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Project Officer
3 2 (7.41%) Security Compliance Officer
3 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
4 1 (3.70%) Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Safety Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Software Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) SGML
1 12 (44.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Animation
2 3 (11.11%) Device Driver
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Data Management
2 12 (44.44%) CAD
3 4 (14.81%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (11.11%) Device Driver Development
4 3 (11.11%) Information Assurance
4 3 (11.11%) UML
5 2 (7.41%) Change Management
5 2 (7.41%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.41%) Logistics
6 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.70%) Document Management
6 1 (3.70%) HOOD
6 1 (3.70%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.70%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.70%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.70%) System Testing
6 1 (3.70%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C
2 1 (3.70%) Ada
2 1 (3.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) DO-178B
2 3 (11.11%) MISRA
3 2 (7.41%) IEC 61508
3 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Adobe
2 4 (14.81%) EMC
2 4 (14.81%) IBM
3 1 (3.70%) QinetiQ
3 1 (3.70%) SAP