City & Guilds Contract Job Trends in London

City & Guilds
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 - 398
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% - 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.046% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £209 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £375
75th Percentile £220 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £215 - £375

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

City & Guilds falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,316 3,589 4,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.51% 25.72% 24.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,023 2,239 2,989
10th Percentile £363 £352 £328
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £769
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 64 114
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £15.64
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.75 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% +6.19% +0.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £81.76 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £47.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% -3.29% +6.11%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

City & Guilds job vacancy trend in London

City & Guilds
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing City & Guilds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing City & Guilds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
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 City & Guilds within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
West London - 1 - - 4
City & Guilds
England

City & Guilds
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft