Mercurial Contract Job Trends in England

Mercurial
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Mercurial skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 478 537
Rank change year-on-year - +59 +65
Contract jobs citing Mercurial 0 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in England - 0.004% 0.047%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.030% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £445
25th Percentile - £354 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £365 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -27.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile - £377 £725
90th Percentile - - £745
UK median daily rate - £273 £525
% change year-on-year - -48.00% -20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £66.38
90th Percentile - - £66.60
UK median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -14.38%

All Development Application Skills
England

Mercurial falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,994 3,338 4,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.67% 13.53% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,373 2,183 2,993
10th Percentile £338 £335 £360
25th Percentile £409 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -4.29% -8.18%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 63 184
10th Percentile £32.39 £26.08 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.72 £48.23
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £76.75 £72.50 £71.56
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £86.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +1.63%

Mercurial
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Mercurial job vacancy trend in England

Mercurial
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mercurial

Mercurial
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mercurial