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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 488 592
Rank change year-on-year -6 +104 +158
Contract jobs citing Qt 18 37 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.11% 0.055%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% 0.50% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - £200 £386
25th Percentile £463 £401 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £513 £538 £563
90th Percentile £528 - £598
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 8
10th Percentile £64.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £68.44 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
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 6,126 7,339 9,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.20% 21.90% 22.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,223 5,082 7,403
10th Percentile £350 £360 £378
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £813 £788
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 231 141
10th Percentile £31.25 £24.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £79.22 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £53.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +2.09% -10.42% +4.93%

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 4 August 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 +1 11 - - 10
London - 3 £525 - 5
South East - 2 £475 - 19
East of England - 1 - - 2
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 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Siemens NX
1 1 (5.56%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQLite
2 1 (5.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Git
2 2 (11.11%) Bitbucket
2 2 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (5.56%) Qt Creator
General
1 2 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Software Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) C++ Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Control Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) GUI Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Qt Developer
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (38.89%) Middleware
2 3 (16.67%) PyQt
2 3 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) DirectX
3 1 (5.56%) ONNX
3 1 (5.56%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
3 1 (5.56%) QML
3 1 (5.56%) Qt Quick
3 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
3 1 (5.56%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) GNSS
2 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
2 1 (5.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) VMS
3 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 4 (22.22%) Software Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) OOP
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Inertial Navigation
5 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.11%) Robotic Control
6 1 (5.56%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (5.56%) 3D Rendering
6 1 (5.56%) 3D Visualisation
6 1 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security
6 1 (5.56%) Predictive Maintenance
6 1 (5.56%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) C++
2 11 (61.11%) Ada
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) Def Stans
1 10 (55.56%) IEC 61508
1 10 (55.56%) MISRA
1 10 (55.56%) MISRA C