Grid Computing Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Grid Computing
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Grid Computing over the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Grid Computing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.017% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £413 £750 £700
% change year-on-year -45.00% +7.14% -

All Generic Skills
North of England

Grid Computing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,974 991 1,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.85% 30.71% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 653 808
10th Percentile £241 £208 £248
25th Percentile £367 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -1.49%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £575
90th Percentile £630 £656 £650
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 51 149
10th Percentile £17.30 £21.05 £12.15
25th Percentile £25.75 £24.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £52.78 £29.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.10% +70.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £35.58 £34.21
90th Percentile £76.90 £77.50 £46.18
England median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.99% +25.45% +22.22%

Grid Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Grid Computing job vacancy trend in the North of England

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Grid Computing
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grid Computing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 March 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
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
Grid Computing
England

Grid Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft