Blog Contracts in England

Blogs
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blog over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 498 598
Rank change year-on-year +29 +100 +112
Contract jobs citing Blog 16 44 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.38% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 37
10th Percentile £281 £287 £222
25th Percentile £300 £378 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -12.20% -10.87%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £620 £718 £646
UK median daily rate £488 £505 £506
% change year-on-year -3.47% -0.25% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 2
10th Percentile - £10.42 -
25th Percentile - £12.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate - £13.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -29.73% -52.26%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £19.25
90th Percentile - £38.13 -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £13.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +246.15% -29.73% -52.26%

All Generic Skills
England

Blog falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Blog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Blog in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Blog in England.

Daily rate trend for Blog in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blog in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blog in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Blog in England.

Hourly rate trend for Blog in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +29 10 £438 +22.38% 282
North of England +22 4 £208 -53.89% 53
Midlands - 2 £578 - 24
North East - 2 - - 4
North West - 2 £208 - 34
West Midlands - 2 £578 - 15
Blog
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) ChatGPT
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Intranet
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) CircleCI
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (12.50%) Public Speaking
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Chief Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Chief Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Designer
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Architect
2 2 (12.50%) ITSM Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Service Designer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Management Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Service Management Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Communications Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Security Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
1 1 (6.25%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Social Media
2 4 (25.00%) Digital Signage
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Media
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Agile
1 3 (18.75%) Coaching
1 3 (18.75%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (18.75%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (18.75%) IT Strategy
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
1 3 (18.75%) ITSM
1 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (18.75%) Storytelling
1 3 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (18.75%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (12.50%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (12.50%) Culture Change
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Media Management
2 2 (12.50%) Market Research
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 2 (12.50%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby
1 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (12.50%) NIST
1 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) GRC
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
2 1 (6.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Facebook
2 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 2 (12.50%) Zscaler
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Splunk