Pair Programming Contract Job Trends in Central London

Pair Programming
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Pair Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 124 144
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 +19
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 1 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.051% 0.38% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.42% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £545 £539
25th Percentile £679 £574 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £683 £633 £823
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -23.10% +20.73%
75th Percentile £686 £741 £850
90th Percentile - £836 -
London median daily rate £650 £595 £625
% change year-on-year +9.24% -4.80% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Pair Programming falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,834 2,155 2,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.05% 91.78% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,342 1,825
10th Percentile £336 £375 £363
25th Percentile £424 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £669 £684 £690
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
London median daily rate £537 £550 £569
% change year-on-year -2.36% -3.34% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 25 19
10th Percentile £18.33 £19.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.15 £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -45.54%
75th Percentile £41.80 £78.75 £59.00
90th Percentile £58.85 £127.30 £69.75
London median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -24.00% +3.21% -6.54%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Pair Programming job vacancy trend in Central London

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Pair Programming.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Pair Programming

Pair Programming
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 November 2025. 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
City of London 0 1 £683 +7.91% 21
Pair Programming
London

Pair Programming
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Swift