NEC Contract Job Trends in London

NEC
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, 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 the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 354 441
Rank change year-on-year -8 +87 +144
Contract jobs citing NEC 13 36 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.097% 0.22% 0.063%
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.51% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 10
10th Percentile £450 £345 £446
25th Percentile - £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -17.92%
75th Percentile £622 £537 £594
90th Percentile £725 £541 £604
England median daily rate £488 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +2.63% -6.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.77 - -
Median hourly rate £40.49 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.01% - -
75th Percentile £43.21 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.49 £57.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year -29.58% +137.85% +0.52%

All Vendors
London

NEC 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 6,239 7,082 9,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.36% 43.45% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,041 4,582 6,345
10th Percentile £325 £313 £315
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -3.41% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 78 111
10th Percentile £16.50 £18.13 £16.85
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% -17.88% +50.00%
75th Percentile £38.75 £63.17 £58.13
90th Percentile £63.88 £77.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.79% +83.52%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing NEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for NEC in London

NEC
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NEC

NEC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NEC in London

NEC
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NEC

NEC
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 NEC within the London region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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 +2 2 £506 +12.50% 2
NEC
England

NEC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) NEC Housing
2 2 (15.38%) OPENHousing
3 1 (7.69%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (38.46%) Local Government
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Commercial Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Commercial Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Service Transformation Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Housing Association
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Contract Management
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Facilities Management
4 3 (23.08%) Housing Management
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Project Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Northgate
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Capita
3 2 (15.38%) Civica
4 1 (7.69%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (7.69%) SAP