Hackathon Contract Job Trends in London

Hackathon
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hackathon in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hackathon over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 356 396
Rank change year-on-year -21 +40 +133
Contract jobs citing Hackathon 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.018% 0.042% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £710
25th Percentile £463 £775 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £800 £775
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% +3.23% +34.78%
75th Percentile £488 £825 £800
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £743 £800 £775
% change year-on-year -7.19% +3.23% +34.78%

All Generic Skills
London

Hackathon falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,535 4,743 6,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.95% 34.09% 33.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,601 2,992 4,331
10th Percentile £350 £325 £301
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £703
90th Percentile £800 £843 £807
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 58 153
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.81 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.48 £19.47
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.54 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.74% +36.49% -3.51%
75th Percentile £52.19 £63.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.49 £64.91
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +55.66%

Hackathon
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Hackathon job vacancy trend in London

Hackathon
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Hackathon

Hackathon
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 Hackathon within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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 - 1 £475 - 2
Hackathon
England

Hackathon
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python