The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Polars skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Polars falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
6,523
6,934
9,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
22.87%
22.03%
22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted
4,388
4,419
6,657
10th Percentile
£350
£356
£375
25th Percentile
£413
£431
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£510
£550
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-7.27%
-
-4.35%
75th Percentile
£638
£663
£675
90th Percentile
£725
£800
£775
UK median daily rate
£506
£545
£550
% change year-on-year
-7.16%
-1.00%
-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted
167
130
187
10th Percentile
£31.05
£27.68
£37.67
25th Percentile
£42.50
£43.00
£46.18
Median hourly rate
£54.70
£65.00
£55.56
Median % change year-on-year
-15.85%
+16.99%
-14.52%
75th Percentile
£65.00
£70.00
£70.00
90th Percentile
£74.56
£73.78
£78.00
UK median hourly rate
£54.00
£65.00
£56.00
% change year-on-year
-16.92%
+16.07%
-13.85%
Polars Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Polars relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Polars Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Polars.
Polars 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 Polars within the England region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Polars Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Polars also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Polars.
Polars 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:
