Brandwatch Contract Job Trends in London

Brandwatch
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Brandwatch products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Brandwatch over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 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 Brandwatch.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 - 389
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Brandwatch 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% - 0.038%
As % of the Vendors category 0.029% - 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile - - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £478
England median daily rate - - £375
% change year-on-year - - -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.50 - -

All Vendors
London

Brandwatch 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 6,784 6,455 7,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.05% 44.16% 40.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,432 4,023 5,044
10th Percentile £350 £313 £298
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 70 110
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.80 £16.56
25th Percentile £21.60 £23.80 £22.19
Median hourly rate £25.74 £33.00 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% -11.22% +45.17%
75th Percentile £41.89 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.94 £81.93 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% -34.78% +70.37%

Brandwatch
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Brandwatch job vacancy trend in London

Brandwatch
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Brandwatch

Brandwatch
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Discord
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience