Software Distribution Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Software Distribution
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Software Distribution skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.64% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.54 - -
Median hourly rate £14.48 - -
75th Percentile £15.41 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.48 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Software Distribution falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 79 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 83.33% 87.78% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 52 104
10th Percentile £131 £225 £180
25th Percentile £360 £275 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £456 £378
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +20.86% -5.63%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £575
90th Percentile £638 £711 £657
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £440
% change year-on-year - -3.41% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £13.84 £22.13 £11.85
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.44 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +87.50% -31.57%
75th Percentile £28.75 £28.44 £23.75
90th Percentile £30.25 £29.38 £43.10
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £17.71
% change year-on-year -18.07% +27.05% +5.23%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Distribution relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Software Distribution job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Software Distribution
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Distribution within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 12 February 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
Leicester - 1 - - 1
Software Distribution
East Midlands

Software Distribution
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune