RSS Contract Job Trends in England

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring RSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RSS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.015% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
UK median daily rate £300 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

RSS 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 6,722 6,780 8,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.85% 21.81% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,537 4,323 6,403
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 £726 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 105 177
10th Percentile £30.80 £26.70 £37.67
25th Percentile £42.88 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -15.38%

RSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

RSS job vacancy trend in England

RSS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RSS

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RSS

RSS
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 RSS within the England region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
London - 1 £300 -
RSS
UK

RSS
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow