HighQ Contract Job Trends in London

HighQ
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of HighQ products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HighQ over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 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 HighQ.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HighQ 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.005% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.013% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £309 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 - -
75th Percentile £326 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £318 - -

All Vendors
London

HighQ 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 7,679 5,504 7,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.61% 45.49% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,055 3,553 4,936
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +1.02% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £519 £515
% change year-on-year -2.77% +0.85% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 103 134
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.93
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.39 £17.20
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -12.66%
75th Percentile £52.25 £42.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.98 £27.38 £23.50
% change year-on-year +24.13% +16.49% -38.96%

HighQ
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

HighQ job vacancy trend in London

HighQ
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HighQ

HighQ
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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft