Social Housing Contracts

Social Housing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Housing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 675 840
Rank change year-on-year +131 +165 -167
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 32 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.027% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 5
10th Percentile £356 £248 £363
25th Percentile £438 £281 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% -11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £605 £503 £475
90th Percentile £650 £597 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -8.94% +21.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £17.00 - -
25th Percentile £24.99 - -
Median hourly rate £35.96 - -
75th Percentile £39.25 - -
90th Percentile £40.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.11 - -

All General Skills
UK

Social Housing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,698 33,384 49,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.04% 58.60% 56.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,587 23,140 34,251
10th Percentile £275 £313 £321
25th Percentile £413 £441 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,923 1,018 1,412
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.44 £17.73 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -
75th Percentile £52.64 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.74 £72.64 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.45%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing 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 +134 28 £496 +10.28% 98
London +118 16 £550 +120.00% 22
Work from Home +129 10 £550 +100.00% 24
UK excluding London +58 10 £496 -8.94% 81
Midlands +31 5 £559 - 15
North of England +28 3 £283 -37.22% 19
North West - 2 £190 - 8
East Midlands - 2 £559 - 9
West Midlands +26 1 £595 - 6
Yorkshire - 1 £375 - 5
South West - 1 £463 - 13
Scotland - 1 £675 - 3

Social Housing
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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) OPENHousing
2 1 (3.13%) Aareon QL
2 1 (3.13%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) 4G
1 1 (3.13%) 5G
1 1 (3.13%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.25%) Power BI
4 1 (3.13%) MySQL
4 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (37.50%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Local Government
4 5 (15.63%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Billing
6 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Lead
2 8 (25.00%) Data Migration Lead
3 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
4 5 (15.63%) Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Administrator
7 2 (6.25%) Data Migration Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) Developer
8 1 (3.13%) Power BI Developer
8 1 (3.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Housing Association
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) IoT
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.13%) NHS
3 1 (3.13%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Data Migration
1 10 (31.25%) Migration
2 9 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 7 (21.88%) Business Transformation
3 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Decarbonisation
5 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Integration Testing
6 4 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (9.38%) ERP
7 3 (9.38%) ITIL
7 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.25%) Housing Management
8 2 (6.25%) Information Governance
8 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
9 1 (3.13%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Capita
3 4 (12.50%) Northgate
4 2 (6.25%) Civica
5 1 (3.13%) Aareon
5 1 (3.13%) NEC