STL Contract Job Trends in Central London

Standard Template Library (STL)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring STL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing STL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £808 £750 £1,125
% change year-on-year +7.67% -33.33% +45.16%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 449 529 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 21.97% 25.27% 21.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 322 404
10th Percentile £363 £408 £402
25th Percentile £436 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £773 £773 £800
London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £26.90 £27.67 -
25th Percentile £32.75 £31.07 £46.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -18.95% -20.17%
75th Percentile £53.61 £41.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £57.28 £41.45 -
London median hourly rate £47.00 £52.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.48% +10.53% -26.92%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

STL job vacancy trend in Central London

STL
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

STL
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing STL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing STL

STL
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 STL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 February 2026. 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 - 1 £625 -
STL
London

STL
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft