Replication Contract Job Trends in England
Replication
UK > England
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Replication over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 387 | 334 | 366 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -53 | +32 | +52 |
| Contract jobs citing Replication | 274 | 193 | 146 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.59% | 0.66% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.66% | 1.82% | 1.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 148 | 125 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £342 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £513 | £526 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.32% | -2.47% | +0.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £641 | £751 |
| UK median daily rate | £528 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.60% | -4.76% | +2.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £89.00 | £60.95 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £91.25 | £62.75 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £95.00 | £66.50 | £23.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.86% | +181.90% | -60.68% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £74.63 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £77.85 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £92.50 | £66.50 | £23.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.10% | +181.90% | -60.68% |
All Generic Skills
England
Replication falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing generic IT skills in England.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills | 16,503 | 10,586 | 9,725 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 35.61% | 36.39% | 31.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,881 | 6,599 | 5,831 |
| 10th Percentile | £320 | £290 | £298 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £409 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.78% | -1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £638 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £800 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £513 | £526 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -2.52% | -4.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,353 | 579 | 295 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.64 | £14.25 | £16.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.36 | £18.25 | £23.99 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.60 | £28.00 | £49.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -43.43% | +11.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £52.50 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.40 | £73.75 | £75.16 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.51 | £27.00 | £41.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.52% | -34.15% | -7.34% |
Replication Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Replication relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Replication Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication.
Replication Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Replication in England over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.
Replication Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication.
Replication 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 Replication within the England region over the 6 months to 2 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -39 | 137 | £538 | +0.09% | 63 |
| North of England | -12 | 63 | £500 | +11.11% | 12 |
| North West | -18 | 31 | £525 | +16.67% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | -11 | 30 | £427 | - | 2 |
| East of England | -13 | 21 | £600 | +2.13% | 3 |
| South West | -29 | 19 | £665 | +27.88% | 3 |
| Midlands | -65 | 15 | £448 | -5.79% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -66 | 11 | £448 | -5.79% | 2 |
| South East | -93 | 11 | £500 | -9.09% | 16 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 4 | £405 | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 2 | £325 | - | 1 |
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Replication 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.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Centre | 9.5% | 26 |
| 2 | Enterprise Storage | 8.4% | 23 |
| 3 | Clustering | 7.3% | 20 |
| 4 | PKI | 3.6% | 10 |
| 5 | Mainframe | 3.3% | 9 |
| 5 | Onboarding | 3.3% | 9 |
| 7 | Cloud Native | 2.9% | 8 |
| 8 | Embedded Systems | 2.6% | 7 |
| 8 | IoT | 2.6% | 7 |
| 8 | Linux Command Line | 2.6% | 7 |
| 11 | Data Structures | 2.2% | 6 |
| 11 | Hybrid Cloud | 2.2% | 6 |
| 13 | Data Protection Act | 1.8% | 5 |
| 13 | Management Information System | 1.8% | 5 |
| 15 | CMDB | 1.5% | 4 |
| 15 | Distributed Architecture | 1.5% | 4 |
| 15 | EMC VMAX | 1.5% | 4 |
| 15 | EMC VNX | 1.5% | 4 |
| 15 | Security Posture | 1.5% | 4 |
| 20 | AI Agents | 1.1% | 3 |