Slack Contract Job Trends in London

Slack
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Slack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 317 327
Rank change year-on-year -41 +10 +138
Contract jobs citing Slack 44 36 61
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.27% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.63% 0.65% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 17 54
10th Percentile £206 £255 £239
25th Percentile £300 £264 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £415 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -17.04% -2.39%
75th Percentile £600 £713 £597
90th Percentile £725 £830 £630
England median daily rate £450 £438 £513
% change year-on-year +2.86% -14.68% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.65
25th Percentile £31.25 - £20.88
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £21.50
75th Percentile £33.75 - £21.88
90th Percentile - - £21.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £16.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +103.13% -25.58% -10.42%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

Slack falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,953 5,559 6,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.00% 41.58% 37.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,776 3,759 4,999
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £765
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 52 80
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.54 £21.81
Median hourly rate £33.75 £32.75 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% +8.77% -6.64%
75th Percentile £51.81 £56.50 £53.31
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.13 £62.63
England median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.48
% change year-on-year +43.64% +28.03% -14.08%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Slack job vacancy trend in London

Slack
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Slack

Slack
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Slack in London over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Slack in London

Slack
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Slack

Slack
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 Slack within the London region over the 6 months to 25 February 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 -9 4 £213 -69.09% 7
Slack
England

Slack
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 10 (22.73%) Confluence
2 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.55%) Traefik
4 1 (2.27%) Apache
4 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Maya
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Google Workspace
2 13 (29.55%) AWS
3 10 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (13.64%) Azure
4 6 (13.64%) SaaS
5 5 (11.36%) Amazon S3
5 5 (11.36%) Asana
5 5 (11.36%) GitHub
6 3 (6.82%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (6.82%) GCP
6 3 (6.82%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (6.82%) Miro
6 3 (6.82%) Serverless
6 3 (6.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (4.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 2 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.55%) Google Docs
7 2 (4.55%) Google Drive
7 2 (4.55%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) VPN
2 3 (6.82%) Wireless
3 2 (4.55%) DHCP
3 2 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (4.55%) Firewall
3 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.27%) Calico
4 1 (2.27%) Intranet
4 1 (2.27%) LAN
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
4 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Tableau
2 5 (11.36%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (4.55%) Metadata
3 2 (4.55%) MySQL
4 1 (2.27%) Ataccama
4 1 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.27%) Hasura
4 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (45.45%) JIRA
2 5 (11.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.55%) GitLab
4 1 (2.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.27%) Git
4 1 (2.27%) JUnit
4 1 (2.27%) Maven
4 1 (2.27%) Postman
4 1 (2.27%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (2.27%) TestRail
General
1 24 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 13 (29.55%) Finance
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Marketing
5 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.55%) Banking
7 2 (4.55%) Electronics
7 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.55%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 4 (9.09%) Incident Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Operational Support Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Operations Support Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.09%) Salesforce Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Salesforce Support
3 4 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) Chief Operating Officer
4 3 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Desktop Support Consultant
5 2 (4.55%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (4.55%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
5 2 (4.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Kafka
2 2 (4.55%) HTML
2 2 (4.55%) Node.js
2 2 (4.55%) OAuth
2 2 (4.55%) React
2 2 (4.55%) SAML
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (2.27%) CSS
3 1 (2.27%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.27%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.27%) HTML5
3 1 (2.27%) Jest
3 1 (2.27%) JMS
3 1 (2.27%) JSON
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.27%) React Native
3 1 (2.27%) Spring
3 1 (2.27%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.27%) iPad
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.27%) Life Science
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Mac OS
2 6 (13.64%) Windows
3 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.82%) VMS
4 2 (4.55%) Android
4 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (20.45%) CI/CD
3 8 (18.18%) AI
3 8 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (18.18%) ITIL
4 7 (15.91%) Agile
4 7 (15.91%) Incident Management
4 7 (15.91%) Migration
4 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (13.64%) DevOps
5 6 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
6 5 (11.36%) ITSM
6 5 (11.36%) Project Management
7 4 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 4 (9.09%) Containerisation
7 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.09%) Validation
7 4 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) Bash
3 2 (4.55%) Go
3 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.27%) C
4 1 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.55%) PMP
4 1 (2.27%) ACSP
4 1 (2.27%) CCNA
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (6.82%) QA
3 2 (4.55%) MiFID
4 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Active Directory
1 5 (11.36%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) etcd
2 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
1 5 (11.36%) Terraform
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
2 3 (6.82%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.55%) Grafana
3 2 (4.55%) Istio
3 2 (4.55%) Kibana
4 1 (2.27%) Argo
4 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.27%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (50.00%) Google
2 8 (18.18%) Salesforce
3 6 (13.64%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (9.09%) Atlassian
6 3 (6.82%) CODA
6 3 (6.82%) Okta
7 2 (4.55%) Apple
7 2 (4.55%) Bloomberg
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco
7 2 (4.55%) Dynatrace
7 2 (4.55%) Proofpoint
7 2 (4.55%) SAP
7 2 (4.55%) Veritas
8 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.27%) Refinitiv
8 1 (2.27%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.27%) Virgin Media