City & Guilds Contract Job Trends in England

City & Guilds
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 - 575
Rank change year-on-year - - +177
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% - 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.038% - 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £209 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - -
75th Percentile £220 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £295 - £150
% change year-on-year - - -49.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 - £20.00
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.17 - £20.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

City & Guilds falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,463 9,205 11,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.58% 29.99% 30.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,839 5,639 7,247
10th Percentile £306 £313 £305
25th Percentile £415 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -3.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 426 697
10th Percentile £17.26 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.52 £26.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.78 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.44% -7.09% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52.45 £68.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -22.43% +18.89%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

City & Guilds job vacancy trend in England

City & Guilds
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing City & Guilds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing City & Guilds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
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 City & Guilds within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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 - 2 £215 - 16
South West - 2 - - 8
City & Guilds
UK

City & Guilds
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) ICT Trainer
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Media
1 2 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft