NEC Contracts in England

NEC
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, 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 the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 465 633
Rank change year-on-year +5 +168 +127
Contract jobs citing NEC 26 71 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.19% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.46% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 51 3
10th Percentile £209 £411 £383
25th Percentile £381 £434 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £526
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.61% -2.23%
75th Percentile £591 £500 £556
90th Percentile £638 £538 £568
UK median daily rate £463 £486 £350
% change year-on-year -4.84% +38.86% -34.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +74.67% +4.97%
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £22.90
% change year-on-year +37.50% +74.67% -0.14%

All Vendors
England

NEC 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 11,538 15,429 20,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.61% 41.97% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,367 9,830 13,797
10th Percentile £278 £263 £265
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £518 £534
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -3.09% +1.71%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 1,039 559
10th Percentile £14.80 £12.23 £14.95
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.48 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.75 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -40.00% +74.42%
75th Percentile £54.69 £57.50 £62.59
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.12% -47.88% +97.67%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NEC in England

NEC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for NEC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NEC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NEC in England.

Hourly rate trend for NEC in England

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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 NEC within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +12 9 £475 - 10
South West +51 7 £375 -6.14% 13
South East +42 4 £830 +62.75% 11
West Midlands +16 4 £625 +78.57% 8
Midlands +14 4 £625 +78.57% 12
NEC
UK

NEC
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:

Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) NEC Housing
2 2 (7.69%) OPENHousing
3 1 (3.85%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) MS Access
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Appium
1 2 (7.69%) Selenium
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Local Government
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Applications Support
4 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Commercial Director
5 1 (3.85%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Developer
5 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Project Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
1 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Housing Association
2 3 (11.54%) Operational Technology
3 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.85%) NHS
4 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Android
1 2 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Contract Management
2 6 (23.08%) Housing Management
2 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
2 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (19.23%) Business Case
3 5 (19.23%) Programme Management
3 5 (19.23%) Project Governance
4 3 (11.54%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
4 3 (11.54%) Process Improvement
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.69%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) Java
2 2 (7.69%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Northgate
2 3 (11.54%) Capita
2 3 (11.54%) Civica
3 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) Aareon
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Orchard