Grid Computing Contract Job Trends in England

Grid Computing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Grid Computing over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 512 580
Rank change year-on-year 0 +68 +154
Contract jobs citing Grid Computing 7 14 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.042% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.070% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 22
10th Percentile £456 £425 £450
25th Percentile £522 £449 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £535 £666
Median % change year-on-year +23.83% -19.70% -5.37%
75th Percentile £822 £697 £713
90th Percentile £899 £740 -
UK median daily rate £663 £535 £675
% change year-on-year +23.83% -20.74% -4.13%

All Generic Skills
England

Grid Computing 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 9,986 10,162 13,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.91% 30.84% 32.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,279 6,263 9,542
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £408 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £790
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 413 414
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.11 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.03 £57.35 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -42.41% +25.00% +81.06%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £67.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +12.36% +71.15%

Grid Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Grid Computing in England

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grid Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grid Computing

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Grid Computing in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Grid Computing in England

Grid Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grid Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grid Computing

Grid Computing
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 Grid Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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 +5 7 £663 -3.64% 6
Grid Computing
UK

Grid Computing
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
2 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Front Office
2 3 (42.86%) Automotive
2 3 (42.86%) Back Office
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Applications Support
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Endur Architect
1 3 (42.86%) OpenLink Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C++ Quantitative Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) JSON
1 3 (42.86%) React
1 3 (42.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (42.86%) Fixed Income
1 3 (42.86%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Equities
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Unix
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Architectural Design
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Batch Processing
2 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
2 3 (42.86%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Python
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
1 3 (42.86%) ITRS Geneos
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Dynatrace
1 3 (42.86%) Hitachi
1 3 (42.86%) Splunk