Micro Focus Contract Job Trends in England

Micro Focus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Micro Focus products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Micro Focus over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Micro Focus.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 485 520
Rank change year-on-year -45 +35 +162
Contract jobs citing Micro Focus 10 9 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.031% 0.033% 0.077%
As % of the Vendors category 0.068% 0.072% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 24
10th Percentile £384 £462 £342
25th Percentile £409 - £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £474 £506
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -6.32% -8.00%
75th Percentile £494 £475 £638
90th Percentile £500 £490 -
UK median daily rate £452 £474 £506
% change year-on-year -4.64% -6.32% -2.69%

All Vendors
England

Micro Focus falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,775 12,415 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.41% 46.06% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,708 7,508 10,255
10th Percentile £300 £286 £250
25th Percentile £409 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 685 352 637
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.51 £13.54
25th Percentile £17.89 £18.15 £17.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -31.56% +34.88%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.84 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £27.35 £43.00
% change year-on-year -13.16% -36.40% +39.84%

Micro Focus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Micro Focus job vacancy trend in England

Micro Focus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Micro Focus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Micro Focus

Micro Focus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Micro Focus in England over the 6 months to 16 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Micro Focus in England

Micro Focus
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Micro Focus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Micro Focus

Micro Focus
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 Micro Focus within the England region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
South East -20 3 £465 -0.27%
South West - 2 £450 -
London -17 1 - -
Micro Focus
UK

Micro Focus
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 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) Veeva
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Looker
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) LDAP
2 2 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Life Science
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Test Management
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) Defect Tracking
3 3 (30.00%) SDLC
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Behavioural Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) OpenText
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) ForgeRock
3 2 (20.00%) NetIQ
3 2 (20.00%) Okta
4 1 (10.00%) AppDynamics
4 1 (10.00%) HP