MACH Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring MACH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +53
Contract jobs citing MACH 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.041% - 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.21% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £725 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

MACH 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 472 451 506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.42% 26.04% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 291 350
10th Percentile £412 £404 £406
25th Percentile £475 £449 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £775 £763 £789
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +4.55% -2.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £23.93 - -
25th Percentile £32.34 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £39.75 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.57% - -
75th Percentile £55.54 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £67.36 - -
Central London median hourly rate £39.75 £69.47 -
% change year-on-year -42.78% - -

MACH
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

MACH job vacancy trend in the City of London

MACH
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MACH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MACH

MACH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management