FIDO Contract Job Trends in the North of England

FIDO Alliance (FIDO2)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring FIDO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 181
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FIDO 0 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England - - 0.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £585
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £606
England median daily rate £550 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +29.41% -29.17% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

FIDO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,061 643 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 22.30% 18.26% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 410 759
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £674 £651 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 38
10th Percentile £52.05 £26.50 £34.32
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +41.84% -6.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £92.07 £48.43
90th Percentile £74.26 £102.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -5.60% +20.45% -20.17%

FIDO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FIDO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

FIDO job vacancy trend in the North of England

FIDO
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FIDO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FIDO