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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 307 323
Rank change year-on-year -44 +16 +110
Contract jobs citing Slack 53 44 68
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.30% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.70% 0.83% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 59
10th Percentile £206 £255 £255
25th Percentile £275 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £376 £410 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% -19.61% +2.00%
75th Percentile £544 £641 £588
90th Percentile £668 £825 £630
England median daily rate £373 £413 £510
% change year-on-year -9.58% -19.12% +0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £20.95
25th Percentile £31.25 - £21.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £22.00
75th Percentile £33.75 - £24.44
90th Percentile - - £28.83
England median hourly rate £32.50 £16.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +103.13% -27.27% -6.38%

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 7,601 5,314 6,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.88% 42.36% 37.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,243 3,693 4,977
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £440 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 52 71
10th Percentile £19.21 £22.40 £17.78
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +16.28% -37.50%
75th Percentile £52.16 £53.75 £38.44
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.13 £58.75
England median hourly rate £46.00 £25.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +80.39% +22.77% -35.70%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -10 6 £508 -26.18% 4
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 8 (15.09%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Apache
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.89%) Maya
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Actimize
2 1 (1.89%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (47.17%) Google Workspace
2 14 (26.42%) SaaS
3 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.32%) AWS
4 6 (11.32%) Figma
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon S3
5 4 (7.55%) Asana
5 4 (7.55%) Google Docs
6 3 (5.66%) Azure
6 3 (5.66%) GCP
6 3 (5.66%) Google Drive
7 2 (3.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.77%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.77%) GitHub
7 2 (3.77%) Serverless
8 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.89%) Canva
8 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) VPN
2 2 (3.77%) DHCP
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
2 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.77%) Wireless
3 1 (1.89%) Intranet
3 1 (1.89%) LAN
3 1 (1.89%) Network Security
3 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) Tableau
2 2 (3.77%) Metadata
2 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.89%) Ataccama
3 1 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.89%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.89%) Power BI
3 1 (1.89%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 21 (39.62%) JIRA
2 3 (5.66%) Cypress.io
3 2 (3.77%) GitLab
4 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (58.49%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Finance
3 11 (20.75%) Marketing
4 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.55%) Banking
6 4 (7.55%) Legal
7 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Electronics
9 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.89%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Retail
9 1 (1.89%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 7 (13.21%) Consultant
3 6 (11.32%) Lead
3 6 (11.32%) Operations Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Desktop Support
4 4 (7.55%) Incident Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Operational Support Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Operations Support Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Salesforce Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Salesforce Support
5 3 (5.66%) Chief Operating Officer
5 3 (5.66%) Lead Consultant
5 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Support Analyst
5 3 (5.66%) User Experience Consultant
6 2 (3.77%) Desktop Support Technician
6 2 (3.77%) Help Desk Consultant
6 2 (3.77%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (3.77%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) OAuth
1 4 (7.55%) React
1 4 (7.55%) SAML
2 2 (3.77%) HTML
2 2 (3.77%) Kafka
2 2 (3.77%) Node.js
3 1 (1.89%) ADO
3 1 (1.89%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.89%) Beautiful Soup
3 1 (1.89%) CSS
3 1 (1.89%) JSON
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.89%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) CMDB
3 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.89%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.89%) iPad
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Mac OS
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.77%) Android
3 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) AI
2 10 (18.87%) Coaching
2 10 (18.87%) CRM
3 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (15.09%) ITIL
3 8 (15.09%) Sales Enablement
4 7 (13.21%) Incident Management
4 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.21%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (11.32%) ITSM
5 6 (11.32%) Migration
5 6 (11.32%) User Experience
5 6 (11.32%) Workflow
6 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
6 5 (9.43%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (9.43%) Performance Improvement
6 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (7.55%) Integration Patterns
7 4 (7.55%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) TypeScript
2 4 (7.55%) Python
3 2 (3.77%) Java
3 2 (3.77%) Scala
3 2 (3.77%) SQL
4 1 (1.89%) Bash
4 1 (1.89%) Bicep
4 1 (1.89%) C
4 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.66%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.89%) ACSP
5 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.55%) WCAG
3 2 (3.77%) MiFID
3 2 (3.77%) QA
4 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.89%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) GRC
4 1 (1.89%) NIST
4 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Terraform
2 2 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Ansible
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (49.06%) Google
2 13 (24.53%) Salesforce
3 7 (13.21%) ServiceNow
4 5 (9.43%) Atlassian
4 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.66%) CODA
5 3 (5.66%) SAP
6 2 (3.77%) Adobe
6 2 (3.77%) Apple
6 2 (3.77%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.77%) Proofpoint
6 2 (3.77%) Veritas
7 1 (1.89%) Cisco
7 1 (1.89%) Informatica
7 1 (1.89%) Logitech
7 1 (1.89%) Okta
7 1 (1.89%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.89%) Refinitiv
7 1 (1.89%) Yealink