Ahrefs Contract Job Trends in London

Ahrefs
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Ahrefs products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ahrefs over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, 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 Ahrefs.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 - 445
Rank change year-on-year - - +165
Contract jobs citing Ahrefs 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% - 0.005%
As % of the Vendors category 0.016% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.26%
75th Percentile £525 - £188
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 - £175
% change year-on-year - - -10.26%

All Vendors
London

Ahrefs 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,146 6,955 9,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.10% 43.36% 40.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,977 4,506 6,360
10th Percentile £325 £313 £315
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -2.65%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 78 113
10th Percentile £16.50 £18.13 £16.88
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% -17.88% +50.00%
75th Percentile £38.75 £64.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £79.13 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +77.75%

Ahrefs
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Ahrefs as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Ahrefs in London

Ahrefs
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ahrefs.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ahrefs

Ahrefs
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ahrefs within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London - 1 £500 - 8
Ahrefs
England

Ahrefs
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SEO Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog