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 31 May 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
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 429 412
Rank change year-on-year -102 -17 +70
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 71 58 124
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.50% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 36 118
10th Percentile £224 £250 £309
25th Percentile £406 £351 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £588 £732 £763
90th Percentile £738 £794 £816
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £613
% change year-on-year -14.29% -14.29% -2.00%

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 17,186 11,537 15,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.93% 47.63% 41.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,053 7,368 9,830
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.48% -2.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 928 488 1,027
10th Percentile £15.71 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.06 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% +16.57% -41.30%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.81% +15.73% -47.67%

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 31 May 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 31 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
London -54 69 £450 -28.00% 11
North West -48 2 - -
North of England -82 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 (5.63%) Confluence
2 3 (4.23%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.82%) IIS
4 1 (1.41%) MTS
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Fidessa
2 5 (7.04%) Loan IQ
3 4 (5.63%) Aladdin
3 4 (5.63%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (4.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 3 (4.23%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (2.82%) Findur
6 1 (1.41%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (1.41%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (1.41%) Summit
6 1 (1.41%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Azure
2 17 (23.94%) AWS
3 14 (19.72%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (8.45%) Google Workspace
6 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.23%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.23%) SaaS
7 3 (4.23%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.82%) GitHub
8 2 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.82%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.90%) TCP/IP
2 10 (14.08%) Firewall
2 10 (14.08%) VPN
3 7 (9.86%) DNS
4 6 (8.45%) DHCP
5 5 (7.04%) DMZ
6 2 (2.82%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (2.82%) LAN
6 2 (2.82%) WAN
6 2 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.41%) BGP
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (1.41%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.41%) Multicast
7 1 (1.41%) OSPF
7 1 (1.41%) Softphone
7 1 (1.41%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.27%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.23%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.23%) Tableau
3 2 (2.82%) Power BI
4 1 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.41%) Metadata
4 1 (1.41%) Power Query
4 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (14.08%) JIRA
2 3 (4.23%) Toad
3 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.41%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.41%) Git
4 1 (1.41%) Postman
General
1 47 (66.20%) Finance
2 28 (39.44%) Social Skills
3 27 (38.03%) Front Office
4 22 (30.99%) Banking
5 17 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (16.90%) Investment Banking
7 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (7.04%) Legal
9 4 (5.63%) Back Office
10 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.82%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.41%) German Language
11 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.41%) Retail
11 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (39.44%) Analyst
2 16 (22.54%) Business Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) Senior
4 7 (9.86%) Data Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) IT Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.63%) IT Support
7 4 (5.63%) Lead
7 4 (5.63%) Migration Specialist
8 3 (4.23%) Cassandra Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Data Business Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Data Governance Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Data Migration Lead
8 3 (4.23%) Pricing Specialist
8 3 (4.23%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (5.63%) XML
3 3 (4.23%) JMS
3 3 (4.23%) JSON
3 3 (4.23%) Kafka
3 3 (4.23%) Middleware
3 3 (4.23%) REST
4 2 (2.82%) NumPy
4 2 (2.82%) Pandas
4 2 (2.82%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.41%) .NET
5 1 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.41%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Derivative
1 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
2 9 (12.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (9.86%) Cloud Native
3 7 (9.86%) Fixed Income
3 7 (9.86%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (8.45%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (7.04%) Equities
6 4 (5.63%) Client/Server
6 4 (5.63%) OTC Derivatives
7 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
7 3 (4.23%) Credit Risk
7 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (4.23%) iPhone
7 3 (4.23%) Replication
8 2 (2.82%) Hedge funds
8 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.39%) Windows
2 7 (9.86%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.04%) Linux
3 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.23%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (29.58%) Agile
3 13 (18.31%) DevOps
4 12 (16.90%) ITIL
4 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (14.08%) Data Management
5 10 (14.08%) Data Modelling
6 9 (12.68%) Analytics
6 9 (12.68%) Data Analysis
6 9 (12.68%) Migration
6 9 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (12.68%) Validation
7 8 (11.27%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (9.86%) Curve Construction
8 7 (9.86%) Electronic Trading
8 7 (9.86%) ETL
8 7 (9.86%) Kanban
8 7 (9.86%) Scrum
8 7 (9.86%) Service Delivery
9 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 31 (43.66%) SQL
2 17 (23.94%) Python
3 14 (19.72%) PowerShell
4 12 (16.90%) Java
5 2 (2.82%) C++
5 2 (2.82%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (16.90%) Degree
2 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (5.63%) MCSA
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.82%) PMP
4 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) CBAP
5 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.04%) QA
3 3 (4.23%) MiFID
3 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (4.23%) SLA
4 2 (2.82%) EMIR
4 2 (2.82%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.82%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.41%) Docker
4 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (15.49%) SCCM
2 4 (5.63%) Grafana
2 4 (5.63%) WSUS
3 2 (2.82%) AirWatch
3 2 (2.82%) Ansible
3 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.82%) Thomson Reuters DACS
3 2 (2.82%) WMI
4 1 (1.41%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (1.41%) Kibana
4 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 17 (23.94%) Refinitiv
3 14 (19.72%) Reuters
4 13 (18.31%) Murex
5 12 (16.90%) Citrix
6 10 (14.08%) Charles River
7 8 (11.27%) ION Trading
8 5 (7.04%) ServiceNow
8 5 (7.04%) VMware
9 4 (5.63%) Cisco
9 4 (5.63%) Splunk
10 3 (4.23%) AppDynamics
10 3 (4.23%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (4.23%) Eze Software Group
10 3 (4.23%) FactSet
10 3 (4.23%) SimCorp
11 2 (2.82%) HP
11 2 (2.82%) OpenLink
11 2 (2.82%) Oracle
12 1 (1.41%) Apple