Social Housing Contracts in England

Social Housing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 518 648
Rank change year-on-year +46 +130 +134
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 7 30 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.081% 0.016%
As % of the General category 0.045% 0.14% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 3
10th Percentile £297 £315 £270
25th Percentile £315 £425 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.57% +2.78% +7.46%
75th Percentile £425 £599 £555
90th Percentile £436 £650 £618
UK median daily rate £381 £451 £375
% change year-on-year -15.51% +20.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £17.00 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £22.11 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.96 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.28 -
90th Percentile - £39.25 -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.96 -
% change year-on-year -9.62% - -

All General Skills
England

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,641 21,618 29,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.14% 58.31% 59.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,157 13,947 20,746
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £686
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 668 1,789 968
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.64
25th Percentile £17.09 £15.50 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.70 £30.50 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -5.86% +50.70%
75th Percentile £56.25 £51.91 £60.79
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.01 £70.94
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.60
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.96% +48.16%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Social Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in England

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Housing in England.

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in England

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in England

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Housing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in England

Social Housing
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 Social Housing within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +42 5 £413 -16.67% 17
Midlands +18 1 - - 6
North West +15 1 £350 +84.21% 13
North of England +15 1 £350 +23.89% 16
East Midlands +10 1 - - 3
Social Housing
UK

Social Housing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
2 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) MPLS
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) EDMS
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Power Query
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Change Management
1 2 (28.57%) CRM
1 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Document Management
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) HNC
1 1 (14.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
1 1 (14.29%) Meraki
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds