Swim Lanes Contract Job Trends in London

Swim Lane Diagrams
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 - 432
Rank change year-on-year - - +163
Contract jobs citing Swim Lanes 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% - 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% - 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £413 - £617
25th Percentile £414 - £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile £454 - £675
90th Percentile £458 - -
England median daily rate £458 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -26.80% +1.63% +36.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Swim Lanes 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 12,322 14,318 19,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.32% 90.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,124 9,349 13,887
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 182 230
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.28 £18.31
25th Percentile £25.01 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -5.32% +7.53%
75th Percentile £47.50 £56.00 £63.25
90th Percentile £64.75 £78.72 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +45.90%

Swim Lanes
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Swim Lanes job vacancy trend in London

Swim Lanes
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swim Lanes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swim Lanes

Swim Lanes
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swim Lanes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swim Lanes

Swim Lanes
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 Swim Lanes within the London region over the 6 months to 6 October 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 £440 -
Swim Lanes
England

Swim Lanes
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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
1 2 (50.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow