CREST Certified Contracts in the City of London

CREST Certification
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 169 191
Rank change year-on-year - +22 -39
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 0 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London - 0.085% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.42% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £390 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - £410 £650
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate - £400 £600
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 438 708 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.09% 19.97% 19.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 410 531
10th Percentile £366 £374 £366
25th Percentile £450 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £650
90th Percentile £775 £821 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 19
10th Percentile - £18.06 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £31.13
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +75.00%
75th Percentile £24.20 £53.75 £57.00
90th Percentile £25.88 £71.75 £66.95
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -49.54% +13.19% +127.50%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the City of London

CREST Certified
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for CREST Certified in the City of London