SaltStack Contract Job Trends in Central London

SaltStack
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of SaltStack products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaltStack over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 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 SaltStack.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 124 132
Rank change year-on-year - +8 +57
Contract jobs citing SaltStack 0 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Central London - 0.045% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.10% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £590
25th Percentile - £703 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £705 £665
Median % change year-on-year - +6.02% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £708 £719
90th Percentile - - £741
London median daily rate - £578 £675
% change year-on-year - -14.44% +12.50%

All Vendors
Central London

SaltStack 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 970 967 1,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 48.19% 43.40% 41.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 609 792
10th Percentile £334 £313 £291
25th Percentile £414 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £669 £653 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 8
10th Percentile £18.87 £23.98 £15.58
25th Percentile £19.98 £40.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £71.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.25% +275.00% -7.32%
75th Percentile £33.61 £112.00 £30.00
90th Percentile £41.94 £137.50 £57.38
London median hourly rate £25.47 £33.00 £36.24
% change year-on-year -22.82% -8.93% +42.10%

SaltStack
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

SaltStack job vacancy trend in Central London

SaltStack
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SaltStack