Black Duck Contract Job Trends in Central London

Black Duck
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of Black Duck products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Black Duck over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Black Duck Software.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Black Duck 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London - - 0.039%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
London median daily rate - £560 £650
% change year-on-year - -13.85% +13.04%

All Vendors
Central London

Black Duck falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 984 896 1,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 45.98% 43.64% 42.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 579 781
10th Percentile £352 £313 £290
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £668 £667 £675
90th Percentile £775 £748 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 10
10th Percentile £18.75 £30.04 £12.70
25th Percentile £19.46 £33.56 £13.81
Median hourly rate £25.47 £77.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.03% +306.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £34.38 £112.00 £23.06
90th Percentile £45.28 £149.75 £26.25
London median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year -24.76% +37.00% -

Black Duck
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Black Duck relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Black Duck job vacancy trend in Central London

Black Duck
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Black Duck.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Black Duck