FactSet Contract Job Trends in England

FactSet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of FactSet products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FactSet over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 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 FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 480 544
Rank change year-on-year -97 +64 +118
Contract jobs citing FactSet 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Vendors category 0.030% 0.017% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £313 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £750
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -56.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £338 £800
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £325 £750
% change year-on-year +38.46% -56.67% +15.38%

All Vendors
England

FactSet 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 16,929 11,516 15,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.16% 47.30% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,058 7,485 10,120
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.53% -0.39% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 426 971
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.99 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.88 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +24.38% -38.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.63 £55.68
90th Percentile £77.80 £80.67 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -0.21% +24.44% -46.17%

FactSet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FactSet job vacancy trend in England

FactSet
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FactSet

FactSet
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FactSet

FactSet
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 FactSet within the England region over the 6 months to 10 April 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 -61 5 £450 +38.46% 1
FactSet
UK

FactSet
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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (80.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Aladdin
1 3 (60.00%) Fidessa
1 3 (60.00%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Snowflake
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Toad
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (40.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (20.00%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CFA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Bloomberg
1 3 (60.00%) CA Agile Central
1 3 (60.00%) Eze Software Group
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) SimCorp
2 2 (40.00%) Charles River
3 1 (20.00%) Databricks