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London > East London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London requiring knowledge or experience of Reuters products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reuters over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, 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 Reuters Group PLC.
| 6 months to 16 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | - | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Reuters | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in East London | 1.83% | - | 0.69% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 3.64% | - | 1.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £238 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £277 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £349 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -50.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £449 |
| London median daily rate | £388 | £800 | £638 |
| % change year-on-year | -51.56% | +25.49% | +2.00% |
All Vendors
East London
Reuters 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 East London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 55 | 86 | 134 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London | 50.46% | 59.31% | 46.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 75 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £191 | £300 | £291 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £400 | £472 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -7.41% | +25.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £594 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £980 | £650 | £708 |
| London median daily rate | £525 | £535 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | -2.73% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £14.45 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £14.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | - | £15.52 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -37.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £16.18 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £16.58 |
| London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.50 | £40.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.93% | -6.83% | +57.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in East London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Reuters relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.
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Daily Rate Trend in East London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Reuters.
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Hourly Rate Trend in East London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Reuters.
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Contract Job Locations in East London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reuters within the East London region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Reuters London |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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: