kraken Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring kraken skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 161 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing kraken 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England - 0.028% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 -
England median daily rate - £425 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

kraken 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 1,033 645 1,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 21.85% 17.96% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 410 772
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £400 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £656 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 37
10th Percentile £48.55 £26.50 £42.55
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +41.84% -1.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £92.07 £62.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £102.00 £69.25
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%