Deployment Specialist Contracts

Deployment Specialist
UK

The median Deployment Specialist daily rate in the UK is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 588 784
Rank change year-on-year +40 +196 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Specialist 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.005% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% - +88.24%
75th Percentile £403 - £438
90th Percentile £424 - £490
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -9.38% - +88.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 31,484 40,392 70,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.33% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,356 27,105 49,398
10th Percentile £300 £285 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 978 1,483 1,702
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.02 £13.41
25th Percentile £21.01 £19.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £45.00 £30.87
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +45.77% +54.35%
75th Percentile £62.54 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £46.18 £25.00
% change year-on-year -29.62% +84.72% +42.86%

Deployment Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Deployment Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Specialist in the UK

Deployment Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Deployment Specialist in the UK

Deployment Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Deployment Specialist in the UK

Deployment Specialist
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 Deployment Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 24 December 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 +53 4 £363 -9.38%
UK excluding London +49 3 £363 -9.38%
North of England +19 2 £363 -9.38%
North West +18 2 £363 -9.38%
Work from Home - 2 £363 -
London - 1 - -
South East - 1 £425 -

Deployment Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 December 2024, Deployment Specialist contract job roles required 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 featuring Deployment Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) WebEx
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding

Deployment Specialist Skill Set
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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft