Technologist Contract Job Trends in England

Technologist
UK > England

The median Technologist daily rate in England is £895, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 513 587
Rank change year-on-year +6 +74 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technologist 5 15 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.046% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.049% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 2
10th Percentile £869 £304 -
25th Percentile £879 £500 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £895 £505 £625
Median % change year-on-year +77.23% -19.20% -
75th Percentile - £508 £638
90th Percentile - £566 -
UK median daily rate £895 £505 £400
% change year-on-year +77.23% +26.25% +157.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Median hourly rate £70.00 £21.89 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +219.78% -70.81% -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £21.89 £75.00
% change year-on-year +219.78% -70.81% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,377 30,623 39,527
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.98% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,381 19,128 27,584
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,485 1,349
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.60 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Technologist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technologist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technologist in England

Technologist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in England

Technologist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in England

Technologist
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 Technologist within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +22 4 £895 +110.59% 4
South West - 1 - - 2
Technologist
UK

Technologist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Technologist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Technologist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (60.00%) Software Distribution
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Technologist Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP