SOLID Contract Job Trends in the East of England

SOLID Principles
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SOLID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing SOLID 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.18% - 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £638 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £585 £500
% change year-on-year -10.26% +17.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

SOLID 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,715 856 1,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 77.92% 90.01% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 450 677
10th Percentile £198 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 172 610
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.30 £15.39
Median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £40.14
Median % change year-on-year -40.44% -0.34% +82.44%
75th Percentile £65.88 £72.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

SOLID
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOLID relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SOLID job vacancy trend in the East of England

SOLID
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOLID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOLID

SOLID
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOLID within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Suffolk - 4 £625 - 1
SOLID
England

SOLID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared