Software Distribution Contract Job Trends in London

Software Distribution
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Software Distribution skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 387 455
Rank change year-on-year +25 +68 +134
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.021% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £278 - -
25th Percentile £368 £198 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £205 £205
Median % change year-on-year +247.56% - -22.93%
75th Percentile £893 £213 £213
90th Percentile £895 - -
England median daily rate £500 £419 £205
% change year-on-year +19.40% +104.27% -48.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Software Distribution falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,303 14,250 20,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.43% 89.01% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,145 9,700 14,754
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.43%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £509 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 185 222
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.02
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.31% +6.44%
75th Percentile £49.63 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Distribution in London

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Distribution.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Distribution

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Distribution in London over the 6 months to 5 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Distribution in London

Software Distribution
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Distribution.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Distribution

Software Distribution
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 Software Distribution within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London - 3 £314 -
Software Distribution
England

Software Distribution
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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MSI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Principal Technologist
1 3 (50.00%) Technologist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Strategy Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Build Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (16.67%) Software Licensing
3 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Symantec
2 1 (16.67%) VMware