Low-Code Contracts in England

Low-Code
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Low-Code in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Low-Code 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 418 499 577
Rank change year-on-year +81 +78 +127
Contract jobs citing Low-Code 67 43 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 0.38% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 35 54
10th Percentile £425 £400 £369
25th Percentile £473 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £571
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.10% +14.25%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £629
90th Percentile £860 £595 £752
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £63.13
25th Percentile - - £73.46
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £79.19

All Generic Skills
England

Low-Code 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 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Low-Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Low-Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Low-Code in England

Low-Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Low-Code in England.

Daily rate trend for Low-Code in England

Low-Code
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Low-Code in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Low-Code in England

Low-Code
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 Low-Code 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 +65 52 £585 +11.43% 75
South East +49 6 £538 - 42
North of England +19 6 £450 -18.18% 39
North West +17 4 £450 -18.18% 21
Yorkshire +9 2 £463 - 15
Low-Code
UK

Low-Code
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.99%) Appian
2 2 (2.99%) SAS
3 1 (1.49%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (46.27%) Power Platform
2 23 (34.33%) Azure
3 17 (25.37%) Power Automate
4 16 (23.88%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (20.90%) PowerApps
6 10 (14.93%) SaaS
7 8 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (11.94%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (11.94%) Entra ID
8 6 (8.96%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (7.46%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (5.97%) GitHub
10 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (4.48%) Azure Functions
11 3 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (4.48%) GCP
11 3 (4.48%) IaaS
11 3 (4.48%) PaaS
11 3 (4.48%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.90%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) Data Hub
2 2 (2.99%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.99%) ThoughtSpot
3 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.49%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.49%) MySQL
3 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) RStudio
2 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.37%) Finance
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 6 (8.96%) Legal
5 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Billing
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.49%) Front Office
7 1 (1.49%) Marketing
7 1 (1.49%) Military
7 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Developer
2 17 (25.37%) Lead
3 8 (11.94%) Architect
4 7 (10.45%) Power Platform Developer
5 5 (7.46%) Consultant
5 5 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.46%) Technical Leader
6 3 (4.48%) Lead Developer
6 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Test Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Appian Developer
7 2 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Integration Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.91%) .NET
2 11 (16.42%) HTML
3 10 (14.93%) CSS
4 8 (11.94%) jQuery
5 3 (4.48%) HTML5
6 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.99%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (2.99%) OAuth
6 2 (2.99%) REST
6 2 (2.99%) SOAP
7 1 (1.49%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.49%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.49%) JSON
7 1 (1.49%) Kafka
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.49%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.49%) Visualforce
7 1 (1.49%) Vue
7 1 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
1 3 (4.48%) Operational Technology
1 3 (4.48%) Replication
2 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.99%) FMCG
2 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Agile
2 14 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (20.90%) DevOps
3 12 (17.91%) Technical Leadership
4 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.43%) Analytics
5 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.43%) TOGAF
6 8 (11.94%) CRM
6 8 (11.94%) User Experience
6 8 (11.94%) UX Design
7 7 (10.45%) Workflow
8 6 (8.96%) Project Delivery
8 6 (8.96%) Zachman Framework
9 5 (7.46%) CI/CD
9 5 (7.46%) Computer Science
9 5 (7.46%) Data Modelling
9 5 (7.46%) Microservices
9 5 (7.46%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (7.46%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.37%) JavaScript
2 12 (17.91%) SQL
3 9 (13.43%) C#
4 3 (4.48%) Python
5 2 (2.99%) Formula Language
5 2 (2.99%) Java
5 2 (2.99%) Ruby
5 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.49%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.45%) Degree
4 6 (8.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.48%) CISM
6 3 (4.48%) CISSP
7 2 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) NIST
2 2 (2.99%) GDPR
2 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.99%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.99%) Nagios
2 2 (2.99%) SCCM
2 2 (2.99%) Terraform
3 1 (1.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 26 (38.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) OutSystems
3 4 (5.97%) iManage
4 3 (4.48%) HP
4 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.48%) SAP
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Qualys
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) Snow
5 2 (2.99%) Splunk
6 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) Murex
6 1 (1.49%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.49%) Optimizely