Qt Contracts in England

Qt
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Qt skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qt 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 465 535 636
Rank change year-on-year +70 +101 +93
Contract jobs citing Qt 20 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.019% 0.034%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.37% 0.093% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £439
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.28%
75th Percentile £488 - £525
90th Percentile - - £533
UK median daily rate £475 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 3
10th Percentile £61.63 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Qt 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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Qt
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Qt in England

Qt
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Qt in England

Qt
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Qt in England

Qt
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 Qt 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
South West +52 13 - - 21
South East - 3 £475 - 21
London - 2 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 7
Qt
UK

Qt
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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (5.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (10.00%) Git
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Qt Creator
General
1 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Aviation
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Software Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C++ Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Control Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Qt Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (60.00%) Middleware
2 2 (10.00%) QML
3 1 (5.00%) DirectX
3 1 (5.00%) ONNX
3 1 (5.00%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.00%) PyTorch
3 1 (5.00%) Qt Quick
3 1 (5.00%) TensorFlow
3 1 (5.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (10.00%) GNSS
3 1 (5.00%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) Inertial Navigation
4 2 (10.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (10.00%) Robotic Control
5 1 (5.00%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (5.00%) 3D Rendering
5 1 (5.00%) 3D Visualisation
5 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (5.00%) CAD
5 1 (5.00%) Computer Vision
5 1 (5.00%) Cross-Platform Development
5 1 (5.00%) Front End Development
5 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.00%) Predictive Maintenance
5 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.00%) Software Architecture
5 1 (5.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (65.00%) Ada
3 1 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) Def Stans
1 13 (65.00%) IEC 61508
1 13 (65.00%) MISRA
1 13 (65.00%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Twitter