Pair Programming Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Pair Programming
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Pair Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 114 139
Rank change year-on-year - +25 +18
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 0 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.36% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - £545 £539
25th Percentile - £574 £626
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £633 £823
Median % change year-on-year - -23.10% +41.81%
75th Percentile - £741 £850
90th Percentile - £836 £890
Central London median daily rate - £633 £823
% change year-on-year - -23.10% +31.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,625 1,948 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.42% 91.93% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,208 1,779
10th Percentile £328 £363 £371
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £770 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £23.13 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.39% +36.00% -27.73%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -36.05%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Pair Programming job vacancy trend in the City of London

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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