xMatters Contract Job Trends in England

xMatters
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of xMatters products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited xMatters over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within xMatters, Inc.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 491 555
Rank change year-on-year -121 +64 -
Contract jobs citing xMatters 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Vendors category 0.011% 0.024% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £597 -
25th Percentile £525 £637 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £708 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% - -
75th Percentile £575 £711 -
90th Percentile - £712 -
UK median daily rate £550 £708 -
% change year-on-year -22.32% - -

All Vendors
England

xMatters falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,911 12,355 15,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.79% 47.34% 42.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,379 7,820 10,109
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £627
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 971 571 1,051
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.56 £14.84
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% +2.00% -32.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.95 £60.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.50
% change year-on-year +35.15% +2.65% -39.64%

xMatters
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

xMatters job vacancy trend in England

xMatters
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing xMatters

xMatters
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 xMatters within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. 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 - 2 £550 - 2
xMatters
UK

xMatters
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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Control-M
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk