Housing Association Contract Job Trends in England

Housing Association
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Housing Association in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Housing Association over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 475 522
Rank change year-on-year -56 +47 +182
Contract jobs citing Housing Association 13 32 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.042% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 45
10th Percentile £144 £333 £321
25th Percentile £163 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -61.96% -3.16% +4.40%
75th Percentile £398 £538 £500
90th Percentile £478 £545 £611
UK median daily rate £425 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.33 -

All Generic Skills
England

Housing Association 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 11,187 9,716 12,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.13% 32.04% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,048 5,852 8,375
10th Percentile £285 £294 £270
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £748 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 306 460
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.82 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.24 £23.59 £21.05
Median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
Median % change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%
75th Percentile £57.63 £67.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.58 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%

Housing Association
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Housing Association job vacancy trend in England

Housing Association
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association

Housing Association
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Housing Association in England over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Housing Association in England

Housing Association
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association

Housing Association
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 Housing Association within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 -9 8 £175 -66.67% 10
Midlands -36 2 £319 -15.00% 15
North West - 2 - - 10
North of England - 2 - - 21
East Midlands -21 1 £175 - 8
South West -22 1 £150 -66.67% 8
West Midlands -26 1 £463 +23.33% 7
Housing Association
UK

Housing Association
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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MIS ActiveH
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) VoIP
General
1 8 (61.54%) Local Government
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (15.38%) Social Housing
5 1 (7.69%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Accountant
3 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) CCTV
1 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
2 4 (30.77%) Data Management
2 4 (30.77%) Time Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Data Entry
4 2 (15.38%) Housing Management
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) APMG
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft