STL Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Standard Template Library (STL)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing STL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £625 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 420 483 537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 22.44% 26.29% 22.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 290 379
10th Percentile £362 £412 £400
25th Percentile £436 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £691
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £43.83 - -
25th Percentile £45.83 £36.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £51.38 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.46% -18.95% -20.17%
75th Percentile £56.67 £40.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £58.50 - -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £38.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +16.88% -18.95% -20.17%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

STL job vacancy trend in the City of London

STL
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

STL
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing STL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing STL

STL
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:

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