Bloomberg Contract Job Trends in England

Bloomberg
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Bloomberg products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bloomberg over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, 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 Bloomberg.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 435 391
Rank change year-on-year -112 -44 +67
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 79 71 128
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.26% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.54% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 119
10th Percentile £225 £230 £393
25th Percentile £364 £323 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £414 £688
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -39.78% +10.00%
75th Percentile £597 £763 £844
90th Percentile £743 £813 £888
UK median daily rate £450 £420 £688
% change year-on-year +7.14% -38.91% +10.00%

All Vendors
England

Bloomberg 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,083 13,118 14,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.20% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,026 8,297 9,248
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £716 £733
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,028 644 754
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.32 £17.73 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% -14.41% -21.64%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.38 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.71%

Bloomberg
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Bloomberg job vacancy trend in England

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bloomberg.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bloomberg in England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bloomberg.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
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 Bloomberg within the England region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
London -60 77 £450 +7.14% 18
North West -45 2 - -
North of England -80 2 - -
Bloomberg
UK

Bloomberg
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.06%) Apache Spark
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) MTS
3 2 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
3 2 (2.53%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Aladdin
2 4 (5.06%) Loan IQ
3 3 (3.80%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (2.53%) Findur
4 2 (2.53%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (2.53%) Summit
5 1 (1.27%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (1.27%) Eikon
5 1 (1.27%) Fidessa
5 1 (1.27%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.32%) Azure
2 17 (21.52%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (20.25%) AWS
4 9 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (7.59%) Google Workspace
6 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.06%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.06%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.80%) SaaS
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.53%) GitHub
9 2 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.53%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.27%) Collibra
10 1 (1.27%) Dagster
10 1 (1.27%) dbt
10 1 (1.27%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.27%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) VPN
2 12 (15.19%) TCP/IP
3 10 (12.66%) Firewall
4 7 (8.86%) DNS
5 6 (7.59%) DHCP
6 5 (6.33%) DMZ
7 3 (3.80%) Internet
8 2 (2.53%) LAN
8 2 (2.53%) Multicast
8 2 (2.53%) WAN
8 2 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.27%) BGP
9 1 (1.27%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.27%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (1.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.39%) NoSQL
2 5 (6.33%) Power BI
3 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (2.53%) KDB
6 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.27%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.27%) Kdb+
6 1 (1.27%) Metadata
6 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.27%) Spark SQL
6 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Git
2 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.27%) Postman
General
1 50 (63.29%) Finance
2 39 (49.37%) Front Office
3 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
4 26 (32.91%) Banking
5 10 (12.66%) Investment Banking
6 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (8.86%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (6.33%) Legal
9 3 (3.80%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.53%) Back Office
10 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.27%) German Language
11 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (37.97%) Analyst
2 11 (13.92%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.39%) Data Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) Help Desk Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) IT Analyst
5 7 (8.86%) Support Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Compliance Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Compliance Business Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Migration Specialist
7 4 (5.06%) Python Data Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Python Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Cassandra Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Data Governance Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Data Migration Lead
8 3 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Lead
8 3 (3.80%) Pricing Specialist
8 3 (3.80%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) Middleware
2 4 (5.06%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (5.06%) Kafka
3 3 (3.80%) JSON
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (2.53%) React
4 2 (2.53%) Software Packaging
4 2 (2.53%) XML
5 1 (1.27%) .NET
5 1 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.27%) FpML
5 1 (1.27%) JMS
5 1 (1.27%) Next.js
5 1 (1.27%) NumPy
5 1 (1.27%) Pandas
5 1 (1.27%) PySpark
5 1 (1.27%) Redux
5 1 (1.27%) REST
5 1 (1.27%) SciPy
5 1 (1.27%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (20.25%) Derivative
3 11 (13.92%) Onboarding
4 10 (12.66%) Fixed Income
5 7 (8.86%) Cloud Native
5 7 (8.86%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (5.06%) OTC Derivatives
6 4 (5.06%) Reference Data
6 4 (5.06%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (3.80%) Client/Server
7 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.80%) Equities
7 3 (3.80%) Hedge funds
7 3 (3.80%) iPhone
7 3 (3.80%) Replication
8 2 (2.53%) DTCC
8 2 (2.53%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (2.53%) Eurex
8 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (31.65%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.59%) Linux
4 5 (6.33%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Agile
2 19 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.99%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (16.46%) DevOps
5 13 (16.46%) Migration
6 12 (15.19%) Analytics
6 12 (15.19%) Data Modelling
7 11 (13.92%) Data Analysis
7 11 (13.92%) Data Management
7 11 (13.92%) ITIL
8 10 (12.66%) Asset Management
8 10 (12.66%) Data Governance
8 10 (12.66%) ETL
8 10 (12.66%) Investment Management
8 10 (12.66%) Project Delivery
8 10 (12.66%) System Integration Testing
9 9 (11.39%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (10.13%) Curve Construction
10 8 (10.13%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 39 (49.37%) SQL
2 22 (27.85%) Python
3 19 (24.05%) PowerShell
4 12 (15.19%) Java
5 3 (3.80%) VBA
6 2 (2.53%) C#
6 2 (2.53%) C++
6 2 (2.53%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.53%) Tcl
6 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.27%) Bash
7 1 (1.27%) Korn
7 1 (1.27%) Scala
7 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.92%) Degree
2 4 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (3.80%) MCSA
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.53%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMP
5 1 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.06%) QA
2 4 (5.06%) SLA
3 3 (3.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.53%) EMIR
4 2 (2.53%) MiFID
5 1 (1.27%) AIFMD
5 1 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (1.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (13.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) Docker
4 1 (1.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (17.72%) SCCM
2 5 (6.33%) WSUS
3 3 (3.80%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (2.53%) AirWatch
4 2 (2.53%) Ansible
4 2 (2.53%) Grafana
4 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.53%) WMI
5 1 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (1.27%) Kibana
5 1 (1.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 18 (22.78%) Murex
3 17 (21.52%) Refinitiv
4 15 (18.99%) Reuters
5 14 (17.72%) Citrix
6 10 (12.66%) ION Trading
7 5 (6.33%) Charles River
7 5 (6.33%) Databricks
7 5 (6.33%) Tradeweb
7 5 (6.33%) VMware
8 4 (5.06%) Cisco
8 4 (5.06%) MarketAxess
8 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.53%) FactSet
9 2 (2.53%) Google
9 2 (2.53%) HP
9 2 (2.53%) OpenLink
9 2 (2.53%) Splunk
9 2 (2.53%) Sybase
10 1 (1.27%) AppDynamics