Runbook Contracts in England

Runbook
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Runbook skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Runbook over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 492 552
Rank change year-on-year +95 +60 -14
Contract jobs citing Runbook 146 146 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.34% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 104 145
10th Percentile £311 £200 £385
25th Percentile £419 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% +14.75%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £630
90th Percentile £650 £700 £695
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.13 - -
Median hourly rate £23.07 - -
75th Percentile £36.06 - -
90th Percentile £49.68 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.07 £51.00 -
% change year-on-year -54.77% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Runbook is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,789 42,321 64,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 89.92% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,706 45,695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,534 1,708
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Runbook
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Runbook as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Runbook in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Runbook in England

Runbook
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Runbook in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Runbook in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Runbook in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Runbook in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Runbook in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Runbook within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +106 92 £510 -15.00% 21
South East +19 30 £520 +15.56% 7
North of England +20 12 £450 -33.33% 6
Midlands +13 8 £300 -42.86% 4
West Midlands +8 8 £300 -42.86% 4
North West +6 7 £450 -33.33% 6
Yorkshire +13 4 £360 -34.55%
South West +9 2 £600 +200.00% 2
North East +12 1 - -
Runbook
UK

Runbook
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (6.16%) nginx
2 7 (4.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (4.11%) Apache
3 6 (4.11%) JBoss
3 6 (4.11%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.37%) CMS
4 2 (1.37%) Confluence
4 2 (1.37%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.37%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Temenos T24
2 3 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.51%) Azure
2 34 (23.29%) AWS
3 22 (15.07%) GitHub
4 15 (10.27%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (9.59%) Serverless
6 9 (6.16%) Power Platform
7 8 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (5.48%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (5.48%) GCP
8 7 (4.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (4.79%) Azure Functions
8 7 (4.79%) Entra ID
9 6 (4.11%) IaaS
10 5 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.74%) Slack
12 3 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.07%) Firewall
2 15 (10.27%) DNS
3 9 (6.16%) LAN
3 9 (6.16%) WAN
4 8 (5.48%) VPN
5 7 (4.79%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (4.79%) DHCP
5 7 (4.79%) Wireless
6 6 (4.11%) BGP
6 6 (4.11%) IPsec
6 6 (4.11%) MPLS
6 6 (4.11%) OSPF
6 6 (4.11%) SD-WAN
6 6 (4.11%) VXLAN
7 4 (2.74%) Cisco Wireless
8 3 (2.05%) CTI
8 3 (2.05%) H.323
8 3 (2.05%) Network Security
8 3 (2.05%) SSL
8 3 (2.05%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.53%) RDBMS
1 11 (7.53%) Relational Database
1 11 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.16%) MySQL
2 9 (6.16%) Power BI
3 7 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.11%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.74%) Metadata
6 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.68%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Git
1 9 (6.16%) GitLab
2 7 (4.79%) JIRA
3 4 (2.74%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (2.74%) Burp Suite
4 3 (2.05%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.05%) Selenium
5 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.68%) GoCD
6 1 (0.68%) JUnit
6 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 36 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (21.92%) Finance
3 20 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.16%) Banking
5 4 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.05%) Back Office
6 3 (2.05%) Police
6 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.37%) Aviation
7 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.37%) Legal
7 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (10.96%) Analyst
2 15 (10.27%) Senior
3 12 (8.22%) Business Analyst
4 11 (7.53%) Linux Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Architect
5 10 (6.85%) Security Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Consultant
7 8 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (5.48%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) IT Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) Network Engineer
9 6 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) AWS DevOps
10 5 (3.42%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (3.42%) Operations Business Analyst
10 5 (3.42%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 4 (2.74%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.11%) IBM Integration Bus
1 6 (4.11%) Node.js
2 5 (3.42%) Middleware
2 5 (3.42%) YAML
3 4 (2.74%) Jest
3 4 (2.74%) React
3 4 (2.74%) REST
4 3 (2.05%) .NET
4 3 (2.05%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.05%) ADO
4 3 (2.05%) Lambda Expressions
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.37%) CSS
5 2 (1.37%) CSS3
5 2 (1.37%) HTML
5 2 (1.37%) HTML5
5 2 (1.37%) OpenID
5 2 (1.37%) React Native
5 2 (1.37%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.16%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.48%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (4.11%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.74%) PKI
5 3 (2.05%) DTCC
5 3 (2.05%) Equities
5 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.05%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.68%) AS400
7 1 (0.68%) CMDB
7 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.18%) Windows
2 24 (16.44%) Linux
3 15 (10.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (9.59%) Unix
5 7 (4.79%) Windows Server
6 6 (4.11%) VMS
7 3 (2.05%) Solaris
7 3 (2.05%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.37%) Android
8 2 (1.37%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.37%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (14.38%) Incident Management
2 21 (14.38%) Migration
3 20 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (12.33%) DevOps
5 17 (11.64%) Agile
5 17 (11.64%) CI/CD
6 15 (10.27%) ITIL
7 13 (8.90%) Roadmaps
8 12 (8.22%) Asset Management
8 12 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (8.22%) ITSM
8 12 (8.22%) Mentoring
8 12 (8.22%) Product Roadmap
9 11 (7.53%) Business Continuity
9 11 (7.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (7.53%) Problem Management
9 11 (7.53%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.85%) Incident Response
10 10 (6.85%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.97%) Python
2 23 (15.75%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.22%) Bash
4 10 (6.85%) Java
5 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.16%) TypeScript
6 8 (5.48%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.11%) SQL
8 4 (2.74%) Go
8 4 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.05%) C#
9 3 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.37%) Bicep
10 2 (1.37%) VBScript
11 1 (0.68%) Perl
11 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 29 (19.86%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.96%) Degree
4 10 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.48%) CCNP
7 6 (4.11%) CCNA
8 3 (2.05%) CISM
8 3 (2.05%) CISSP
8 3 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.37%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.37%) CCIE
9 2 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.68%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.68%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.16%) SLA
2 5 (3.42%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.05%) GDPR
4 2 (1.37%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.48%) vSphere
3 7 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.11%) Firmware
5 5 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.05%) Docker
6 3 (2.05%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.37%) Ceph
7 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.37%) KVM
7 2 (1.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (1.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (15.75%) Terraform
2 15 (10.27%) Ansible
3 10 (6.85%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.11%) Packer
4 6 (4.11%) vRealize
5 5 (3.42%) SysTrack
6 3 (2.05%) Avamar
6 3 (2.05%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.37%) Nessus
7 2 (1.37%) Pacemaker
7 2 (1.37%) Podman
7 2 (1.37%) SCCM
7 2 (1.37%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.68%) CASB
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.68%) SELinux
8 1 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.33%) Oracle
3 14 (9.59%) VMware
4 13 (8.90%) Red Hat
5 10 (6.85%) Cisco
6 9 (6.16%) IBM
7 8 (5.48%) SolarWinds
8 7 (4.79%) Citrix
8 7 (4.79%) CyberArk
8 7 (4.79%) Infoblox
8 7 (4.79%) Okta
8 7 (4.79%) Splunk
9 6 (4.11%) Dell
9 6 (4.11%) F5
9 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.11%) Temenos
9 6 (4.11%) Veritas
10 5 (3.42%) Arqiva
10 5 (3.42%) New Relic
10 5 (3.42%) OpenAI