Blogs
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blog over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 632 761
Rank change year-on-year +103 +129 -171
Contract jobs citing Blog 50 62 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.33% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 45 76
10th Percentile £274 £233 £400
25th Percentile £378 £325 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -15.29% +11.84%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £681
90th Percentile £705 £644 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile £10.42 - £26.25
25th Percentile £12.50 £17.75 £32.68
Median hourly rate £13.00 £18.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% -52.26% +68.99%
75th Percentile £36.75 £19.25 £40.19
90th Percentile £38.13 - £40.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 - £21.97
% change year-on-year - - +10.24%

All Generic Skills
UK

Blog is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blog over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Blog in the UK

Blog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Blog in the UK

Blog
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Blog over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Blog in the UK

Blog
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +104 43 £450 - 155
UK excluding London +54 26 £450 -12.20% 91
London +90 18 £265 -36.14% 70
Work from Home +99 14 £630 +22.93% 74
South West +18 14 £650 +26.83% 13
South East +26 9 £378 -11.06% 27
North of England +22 1 £450 -16.28% 29
East of England +7 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 7
Scotland - 1 £280 - 2

Blog
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 (2.00%) CMS
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Camtasia
3 1 (2.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.00%) Eloqua
2 1 (2.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (6.00%) SaaS
2 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (2.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.00%) Canva
2 1 (2.00%) ChatGPT
2 1 (2.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) LAN
1 3 (6.00%) Wireless
2 1 (2.00%) SMS
2 1 (2.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (26.00%) Oracle Database
1 13 (26.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Marketing
3 8 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.00%) Finance
5 6 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Retail
6 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Front Office
7 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.00%) Advertising
8 1 (2.00%) Local Government
8 1 (2.00%) Multimedia
8 1 (2.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Architect
2 12 (24.00%) Administrator
3 9 (18.00%) Oracle Architect
4 8 (16.00%) Mac Administrator
4 8 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (16.00%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (10.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Senior
6 4 (8.00%) Communications Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Storage Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Storage Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.00%) Developer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Support Assistant
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Assistant
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Support Assistant
8 2 (4.00%) Cost Estimator
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Engagement Manager
8 2 (4.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.00%) ODBC
2 1 (2.00%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.00%) Replication
2 9 (18.00%) Social Media
3 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Animation
4 1 (2.00%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.00%) DataPower
4 1 (2.00%) FMCG
4 1 (2.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.00%) Photography
4 1 (2.00%) Podcast
4 1 (2.00%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.00%) Mac OS
1 11 (22.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) Data Protection
2 13 (26.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (26.00%) Security Management
3 11 (22.00%) High Availability
4 8 (16.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.00%) Agile
6 5 (10.00%) Analytics
6 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.00%) Project Management
7 4 (8.00%) Time Management
8 3 (6.00%) Coaching
8 3 (6.00%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (6.00%) IT Strategy
8 3 (6.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (6.00%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (6.00%) Validation
9 2 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (4.00%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) PL/SQL
1 11 (22.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) SAP Certification
4 3 (6.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (16.00%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (26.00%) Oracle
2 12 (24.00%) SAP
3 8 (16.00%) Apple
4 3 (6.00%) Instagram
5 2 (4.00%) Facebook
6 1 (2.00%) Adobe
6 1 (2.00%) Ariba
6 1 (2.00%) Google
6 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.00%) Pega
6 1 (2.00%) TIBCO
6 1 (2.00%) TikTok
6 1 (2.00%) Twitter