Inversion of Control Contracts in England

Inversion of Control (IoC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Inversion of Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inversion of Control over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 541 640
Rank change year-on-year +62 +99 +123
Contract jobs citing Inversion of Control 6 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.003% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.003% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile - - £464
25th Percentile £500 - £863
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £875
Median % change year-on-year - -37.14% +25.00%
75th Percentile £554 - £925
90th Percentile £597 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £510 £875
% change year-on-year +7.84% -41.71% +34.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Inversion of Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Inversion of Control
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Inversion of Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Inversion of Control in England

Inversion of Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inversion of Control in England.

Daily rate trend for Inversion of Control in England

Inversion of Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inversion of Control in England.

Hourly rate trend for Inversion of Control in England

Inversion of Control
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 Inversion of Control within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 £525 - 2
South West - 1 £600 -
Inversion of Control
UK

Inversion of Control
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Relational Database
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Data Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Data Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Database Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) .NET Core
1 5 (83.33%) .NET Framework
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 5 (83.33%) Autofac
1 5 (83.33%) Dapper ORM
1 5 (83.33%) Entity Framework
1 5 (83.33%) REST
1 5 (83.33%) StructureMap
1 5 (83.33%) WCF
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) N-Tier
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) BDD
1 5 (83.33%) CRM
1 5 (83.33%) Data Design
1 5 (83.33%) Design Patterns
1 5 (83.33%) MVC
1 5 (83.33%) OOP
1 5 (83.33%) Scrum
1 5 (83.33%) TDD
1 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Web Development
2 4 (66.67%) Batch Processing
2 4 (66.67%) Change Data Capture
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) MCPD
1 5 (83.33%) MCSD
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SANS
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) OPNET
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft