Cognizant Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Cognizant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring knowledge or experience of Cognizant products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cognizant over the 6 months leading up to 23 April 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 Cognizant Technology Solutions.

 6 months to
23 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognizant 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.35% - 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.84% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £382 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £432
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 - £432

All Vendors
Leeds

Cognizant 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 357 214 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.13% 45.82% 42.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 138 213
10th Percentile £313 £253 £313
25th Percentile £419 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £658 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 18
10th Percentile £14.03 £31.67 £12.10
25th Percentile - £38.32 £12.87
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% +349.28% -48.28%
75th Percentile £14.77 £99.42 £15.19
90th Percentile £16.90 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.69 £41.00 £14.63
% change year-on-year -59.30% +180.34% -55.00%

Cognizant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Cognizant job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cognizant
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cognizant.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cognizant

Cognizant
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Product Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Workday Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Workday
Cognizant jobs