Slack Contract Job Trends in England

Slack
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Slack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 483 512
Rank change year-on-year +14 +29 +78
Contract jobs citing Slack 71 38 65
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.61% 0.34% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 19 53
10th Percentile £218 £207 £163
25th Percentile £330 £248 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.12% -5.56% -15.09%
75th Percentile £604 £503 £588
90th Percentile £710 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £419 £488
% change year-on-year +22.39% -14.10% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £32.50 -

All Cloud Skills
England

Slack falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,555 11,141 14,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.82% 35.76% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,829 7,399 10,349
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 142 291
10th Percentile £14.90 £19.35 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £23.80 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.48 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.85 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +33.33%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Slack job vacancy trend in England

Slack
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Slack

Slack
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Slack in England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Slack in England

Slack
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Slack

Slack
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 Slack within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +29 43 £513 +28.13% 99
North of England -32 8 £525 +23.53% 16
South East +6 6 £400 -36.00% 81
East of England - 6 £475 -
North West -18 4 £525 +23.53% 6
Yorkshire -32 4 £588 +17.50% 6
Slack
UK

Slack
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (33.80%) Confluence
2 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.82%) Traefik
4 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Trello
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.41%) Maya
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.41%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (36.62%) AWS
2 13 (18.31%) GitHub
2 13 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (14.08%) Google Workspace
4 9 (12.68%) Amazon S3
5 8 (11.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 8 (11.27%) Azure
5 8 (11.27%) Serverless
6 7 (9.86%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (9.86%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (8.45%) GCP
7 6 (8.45%) SaaS
8 5 (7.04%) Figma
8 5 (7.04%) Miro
9 4 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (5.63%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (5.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (5.63%) Smartsheet
9 4 (5.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (4.23%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) DNS
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
1 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.82%) Unified Communications
1 2 (2.82%) VPN
1 2 (2.82%) WebEx
1 2 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.41%) Calico
2 1 (1.41%) DHCP
2 1 (1.41%) LAN
2 1 (1.41%) WAN
2 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.63%) DynamoDB
3 3 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.82%) MySQL
4 2 (2.82%) Power BI
5 1 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.41%) Hasura
5 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (49.30%) JIRA
2 11 (15.49%) GitLab
3 5 (7.04%) Jenkins
3 5 (7.04%) Maven
4 4 (5.63%) Gradle
4 4 (5.63%) Selenium
4 4 (5.63%) SonarQube
5 3 (4.23%) Bitbucket
6 2 (2.82%) Git
6 2 (2.82%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (1.41%) Artifactory
7 1 (1.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.41%) JUnit
7 1 (1.41%) Postman
7 1 (1.41%) TestRail
General
1 28 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.27%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.04%) Finance
4 4 (5.63%) Electronics
4 4 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.63%) Legal
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.82%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.82%) Military
6 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Advertising
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Front Office
7 1 (1.41%) Games
7 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Marketing
7 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (11.27%) Administrator
1 8 (11.27%) Analyst
2 6 (8.45%) Business Analyst
2 6 (8.45%) IT Engineer
2 6 (8.45%) IT Support
2 6 (8.45%) Salesforce Administrator
3 5 (7.04%) Senior
3 5 (7.04%) Support Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) GCP Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) AWS Software Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Consultant
5 3 (4.23%) Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Operations Manager
5 3 (4.23%) Sales Manager
5 3 (4.23%) Security Analyst
5 3 (4.23%) Software Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) React
2 6 (8.45%) Node.js
3 4 (5.63%) REST
4 2 (2.82%) CSS
4 2 (2.82%) HTML
4 2 (2.82%) HTML5
4 2 (2.82%) Jest
5 1 (1.41%) .NET
5 1 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.41%) Express.js
5 1 (1.41%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.41%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.41%) JMS
5 1 (1.41%) Kafka
5 1 (1.41%) Next.js
5 1 (1.41%) Playwright
5 1 (1.41%) Spring
5 1 (1.41%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.31%) Onboarding
2 10 (14.08%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.45%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.63%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.82%) Life Science
6 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.41%) iPad
7 1 (1.41%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) VMS
1 4 (5.63%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) CI/CD
1 19 (26.76%) DevOps
2 17 (23.94%) Agile
2 17 (23.94%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (19.72%) Migration
4 10 (14.08%) Observability
5 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 8 (11.27%) Containerisation
6 8 (11.27%) Data Protection
6 8 (11.27%) RBAC
7 7 (9.86%) Dashboard Development
7 7 (9.86%) Programme Management
7 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.86%) User Experience
8 6 (8.45%) Analytics
8 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (8.45%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (8.45%) Roadmaps
8 6 (8.45%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) TypeScript
2 5 (7.04%) Java
2 5 (7.04%) Python
3 4 (5.63%) Bash
3 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.23%) Go
4 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.82%) SQL
6 1 (1.41%) C#
6 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
1 15 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.45%) Degree
3 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.41%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.41%) CCNA
4 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.41%) MCP
4 1 (1.41%) MCSA
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) QA
2 5 (7.04%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.04%) NIST
3 3 (4.23%) PMO
3 3 (4.23%) WCAG
4 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (18.31%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.41%) etcd
3 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (23.94%) Kubernetes
1 17 (23.94%) Terraform
2 7 (9.86%) Grafana
2 7 (9.86%) Prometheus
3 5 (7.04%) Argo
4 3 (4.23%) Ansible
4 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.82%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.82%) Istio
5 2 (2.82%) Kibana
6 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Google
2 12 (16.90%) Salesforce
3 11 (15.49%) Microsoft
4 7 (9.86%) Apple
4 7 (9.86%) Dynatrace
5 6 (8.45%) ServiceNow
6 5 (7.04%) Atlassian
6 5 (7.04%) Okta
7 4 (5.63%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco
8 3 (4.23%) Oracle
8 3 (4.23%) Splunk
9 2 (2.82%) Dell
9 2 (2.82%) Virgin Media
10 1 (1.41%) OneTrust
10 1 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.41%) Sybase
10 1 (1.41%) Tenable
10 1 (1.41%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (1.41%) Workday