Humanities Contracts

Humanities
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Humanities in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Humanities 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 583 - 844
Rank change year-on-year - - -115
Contract jobs citing Humanities 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the General category 0.004% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £221 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £221 - -

All General Skills
UK

Humanities 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%

Humanities
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Humanities in the UK

Humanities
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Humanities in the UK

Humanities
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Humanities 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
Scotland - 1 £221 -
UK excluding London - 1 £221 - 9

Humanities
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft