Smart Contracts Contract Job Trends in England

Smart Contract
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Smart Contracts skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 488 552
Rank change year-on-year -39 +64 +127
Contract jobs citing Smart Contracts 22 23 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.070% 0.079% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% 0.36% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 5
10th Percentile £415 £585 £463
25th Percentile £457 £609 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £673 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +34.50% -21.57%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £568
90th Percentile £850 £854 £700
UK median daily rate £514 £640 £523
% change year-on-year -19.73% +22.49% -22.59%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Smart Contracts 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 7,026 6,380 8,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.37% 21.87% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 4,091 5,916
10th Percentile £350 £358 £374
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £630 £666 £675
90th Percentile £736 £800 £768
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 85 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%

Smart Contracts
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Smart Contracts job vacancy trend in England

Smart Contracts
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Contracts.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Contracts

Smart Contracts
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Contracts in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Contracts in England

Smart Contracts
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 Smart Contracts within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -15 15 £483 -28.18% 6
Yorkshire - 2 £564 -
South East - 2 £576 - 2
North of England - 2 £564 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Smart Contracts
UK

Smart Contracts
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 8 (36.36%) Ethereum
1 8 (36.36%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) R3 Corda
2 3 (13.64%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) AWS
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Hardhat
2 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Banking
4 3 (13.64%) Back Office
4 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Developer
2 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Blockchain Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Blockchain Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Java Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Product Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Data Analytics Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Data Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (4.55%) Hyperledger Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Python Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) web3js
2 4 (18.18%) Truffle
3 3 (13.64%) Next.js
3 3 (13.64%) React Native
3 3 (13.64%) REST
4 2 (9.09%) Flash
5 1 (4.55%) CSS
5 1 (4.55%) HTML
5 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (86.36%) Blockchain
2 5 (22.73%) Web3
3 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
4 3 (13.64%) Mobile App
4 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Android
1 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) CI/CD
1 10 (45.45%) SDLC
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) AI
3 6 (27.27%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 6 (27.27%) KYC
4 5 (22.73%) Digital Identity
4 5 (22.73%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
4 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (18.18%) Data Privacy
5 4 (18.18%) Open Source
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
6 3 (13.64%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Low Latency
6 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (13.64%) Static Application Security Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Use Case
6 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Java
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 6 (27.27%) Solidity
4 5 (22.73%) Rust
5 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
6 3 (13.64%) C++
6 3 (13.64%) DAML
6 3 (13.64%) Kotlin
7 1 (4.55%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) CCSK
2 2 (9.09%) CEH
2 2 (9.09%) CISA
2 2 (9.09%) CISM
2 2 (9.09%) CISSP
2 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.09%) OSCP
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) NIST
1 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Alibaba
2 1 (4.55%) Foundry
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft