RedGate Contract Job Trends in England

RedGate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of RedGate products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RedGate over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 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 Red Gate Software.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 517 517
Rank change year-on-year -132 0 +53
Contract jobs citing RedGate 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% 0.011% 0.019%
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% 0.022% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £213 £296
25th Percentile - £269 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £388 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -35.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £531 -
90th Percentile - £603 -
UK median daily rate £439 £183 £331
% change year-on-year +140.27% -44.82% -17.31%

All Vendors
England

RedGate 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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,518 13,518 14,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.71% 47.88% 44.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,914 8,598 8,578
10th Percentile £309 £278 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £626
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,314 659 493
10th Percentile £13.74 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -29.30% -20.54%
75th Percentile £60.00 £40.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.65 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £24.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +0.79% -27.27% -24.79%

RedGate Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

RedGate job vacancy trend in England

RedGate Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RedGate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RedGate

RedGate Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RedGate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RedGate

RedGate 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 RedGate within the England region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
London -95 1 - - 3
RedGate
UK

RedGate Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft100.0%1
1Oracle100.0%1
1SolarWinds100.0%1