VocaLink Contract Job Trends in Central London

VocaLink
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of VocaLink products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VocaLink over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 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 VocaLink Limited.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VocaLink 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.040% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.092% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £675 - -

All Vendors
Central London

VocaLink 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 1,091 946 998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.71% 48.14% 43.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 624 672
10th Percentile £313 £313 £338
25th Percentile £431 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -2.41% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £762 £750
London median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.50% -4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.42 £16.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -25.52%
75th Percentile £41.25 £56.75 £92.50
90th Percentile £64.25 £64.48 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +34.98% -12.33% -16.67%

VocaLink
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

VocaLink job vacancy trend in Central London

VocaLink
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

VocaLink
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 VocaLink within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 September 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 £675 -
VocaLink
London

VocaLink
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%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture