Knowledge Transfer Contracts

Knowledge Transfer
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Knowledge Transfer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 269 378
Rank change year-on-year -25 +109 -48
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 330 566 600
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.99% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.11% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 381 417
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £452 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £619
90th Percentile £738 £745 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 13
10th Percentile £16.20 £13.15 £10.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.46 £11.17
Median hourly rate £24.26 £17.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% +7.19% -78.85%
75th Percentile £37.59 £18.50 £19.06
90th Percentile £45.03 £21.25 £65.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £17.00 £15.80
% change year-on-year +13.72% +7.59% -74.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Knowledge Transfer 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Knowledge Transfer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK

Knowledge Transfer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 -16 268 £540 -0.55% 123
UK excluding London -26 168 £500 -4.76% 88
Work from Home +21 121 £525 -2.78% 166
London +33 111 £600 +11.11% 35
North of England -14 39 £500 - 21
South West +4 33 £475 -24.00% 21
Scotland +32 28 £500 - 2
South East -34 27 £544 -1.09% 23
East of England +22 23 £600 +100.00% 3
North West -17 18 £582 +16.40% 13
Midlands +9 17 £463 -2.63% 14
Yorkshire +8 17 £450 -18.18% 4
West Midlands +10 10 £425 -21.11% 10
East Midlands +15 7 £500 +150.00% 4
Wales +14 2 £800 +68.42% 4
North East +6 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland +5 1 - -

Knowledge Transfer
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 21 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.15%) Confluence
3 11 (3.33%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.61%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) JBoss
5 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.73%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.42%) Workday HCM
3 6 (1.82%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.21%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.21%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.91%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.91%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.91%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.91%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.91%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.61%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.61%) Unica
7 1 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (20.61%) Azure
2 29 (8.79%) AWS
3 21 (6.36%) GCP
4 17 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (3.33%) OCI
8 10 (3.03%) Azure Stack
8 10 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.73%) Twilio
10 6 (1.82%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.52%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.91%) Azure Storage
12 3 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.61%) Catchpoint
13 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.61%) SaaS
13 2 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.79%) Firewall
2 15 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 15 (4.55%) VoIP
2 15 (4.55%) WAN
3 13 (3.94%) CTI
4 12 (3.64%) BGP
5 7 (2.12%) WLAN
6 6 (1.82%) DNS
6 6 (1.82%) LAN
7 5 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.21%) DHCP
8 4 (1.21%) InfiniBand
8 4 (1.21%) Network Security
8 4 (1.21%) Wireless
9 3 (0.91%) Intranet
9 3 (0.91%) VPN
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.61%) IPv6
10 2 (0.61%) SSL
10 2 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.94%) Ingres
2 12 (3.64%) Power BI
3 9 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.21%) Metadata
5 4 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.91%) Big Data
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.61%) Parquet
7 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.61%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.30%) Power Query
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.97%) JIRA
2 6 (1.82%) MLflow
3 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.21%) Mocha
4 2 (0.61%) Git
4 2 (0.61%) Selenium
4 2 (0.61%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.61%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 98 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 88 (26.67%) Finance
3 48 (14.55%) Public Sector
4 47 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.36%) Retail
5 21 (6.36%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.76%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.24%) Banking
8 14 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.94%) Marketing
10 8 (2.42%) Back Office
10 8 (2.42%) Electronics
10 8 (2.42%) Law
11 7 (2.12%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.82%) Front Office
13 5 (1.52%) Local Government
14 4 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.21%) Legal
15 2 (0.61%) Billing
Job Titles
1 41 (12.42%) Analyst
2 38 (11.52%) Developer
3 36 (10.91%) Senior
4 35 (10.61%) Consultant
5 33 (10.00%) Architect
6 27 (8.18%) Lead
7 19 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.45%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.85%) DBA
10 14 (4.24%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.24%) Senior Developer
11 13 (3.94%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.64%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.33%) Ingres DBA
14 10 (3.03%) SAP Consultant
15 9 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (2.73%) Transition Manager
16 8 (2.42%) Administrator
17 7 (2.12%) Java Developer
17 7 (2.12%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.94%) .NET
1 13 (3.94%) React
2 10 (3.03%) Web Services
3 9 (2.73%) Middleware
4 6 (1.82%) .NET Framework
4 6 (1.82%) HTML
4 6 (1.82%) XML
5 5 (1.52%) CSS
5 5 (1.52%) Spring
6 4 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.21%) FpML
6 4 (1.21%) Jest
6 4 (1.21%) JSON
6 4 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.21%) Redux
6 4 (1.21%) REST
7 3 (0.91%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.61%) Node.js
8 2 (0.61%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.55%) Private Cloud
4 13 (3.94%) IVR
5 12 (3.64%) PKI
6 11 (3.33%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.12%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.12%) Wiki
8 6 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.82%) Derivative
9 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.21%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.91%) FMCG
11 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.61%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.48%) Windows
2 13 (3.94%) Linux
3 5 (1.52%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.21%) AIX
4 4 (1.21%) Unix
5 2 (0.61%) Android
5 2 (0.61%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Solaris
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (18.79%) Agile
2 54 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (12.42%) Migration
5 33 (10.00%) DevOps
6 30 (9.09%) Analytics
6 30 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (9.09%) Project Management
7 29 (8.79%) Roadmaps
8 28 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (8.18%) Project Delivery
10 24 (7.27%) Computer Science
10 24 (7.27%) ITIL
10 24 (7.27%) Mentoring
10 24 (7.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 23 (6.97%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (6.36%) CRM
13 20 (6.06%) ERP
14 19 (5.76%) SDLC
15 18 (5.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.85%) Java
2 13 (3.94%) SQL
3 12 (3.64%) Python
4 8 (2.42%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.82%) Scala
6 5 (1.52%) C#
6 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.91%) VBA
8 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.30%) ABAP
9 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.30%) Perl
9 1 (0.30%) Ruby
9 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 55 (16.67%) Degree
2 46 (13.94%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.06%) Master's Degree
5 19 (5.76%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.64%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.64%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.82%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.52%) CCNP
10 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.21%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.91%) PMP
13 2 (0.61%) CCIE
13 2 (0.61%) CCNA
14 1 (0.30%) CIPD
14 1 (0.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.36%) QA
2 12 (3.64%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.33%) GDPR
3 11 (3.33%) Government Security Classifications
3 11 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.42%) HIPAA
5 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (2.42%) SLA
5 8 (2.42%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.21%) PMO
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.61%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) Docker
4 2 (0.61%) Firmware
4 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.52%) Endace
3 4 (1.21%) Ansible
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.91%) SCCM
5 2 (0.61%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.61%) PowerBroker
5 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.61%) Terraform
6 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.30%) Avamar
6 1 (0.30%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) Puppet
6 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 72 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 50 (15.15%) SAP
3 26 (7.88%) Cisco
4 23 (6.97%) Oracle
5 22 (6.67%) Google
6 13 (3.94%) Atlassian
6 13 (3.94%) Genesys
7 10 (3.03%) VMware
8 9 (2.73%) Avaya
8 9 (2.73%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.73%) Workday
9 8 (2.42%) Databricks
9 8 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.42%) Yardi
10 6 (1.82%) Ariba
10 6 (1.82%) F5
10 6 (1.82%) Juniper
10 6 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.21%) Veeam