BASE24 Contract Job Trends in London

ACI BASE24
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring BASE24 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 334 390
Rank change year-on-year -41 +56 -
Contract jobs citing BASE24 5 24 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.17% 0.006%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.39% 2.23% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 0
10th Percentile £399 £425 -
25th Percentile £424 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% - -
75th Percentile £457 - -
90th Percentile £475 £638 -
England median daily rate £442 £600 -
% change year-on-year -26.29% - -

All Business Application Skills
London

BASE24 falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,272 1,074 1,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.85% 7.65% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 625 829
10th Percentile £358 £400 £385
25th Percentile £450 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -
75th Percentile £681 £700 £720
90th Percentile £825 £817 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 17
10th Percentile £22.50 - £15.92
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.27 £40.25
Median hourly rate £40.49 £33.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -61.18% +142.86%
75th Percentile £57.75 £80.75 £86.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £90.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +16.93% -18.25% +56.27%

BASE24
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BASE24 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

BASE24 job vacancy trend in London

BASE24
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BASE24.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BASE24

BASE24
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BASE24.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BASE24

BASE24
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 BASE24 within the London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Central London -8 2 £475 +5.56%
BASE24
England

BASE24
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (80.00%) Payment Gateway
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) NonStop SQL
1 4 (80.00%) OLTP
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) EMV
1 4 (80.00%) Tandem
2 1 (20.00%) APACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) High Availability
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO 8583
2 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk