Ada Contract Job Trends in the South East

Ada
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Ada skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 174 192
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 +76
Contract jobs citing Ada 4 6 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.43% 0.53% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 15
10th Percentile - - £353
25th Percentile £358 - £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - £374
75th Percentile £373 - £444
90th Percentile - - £550
England median daily rate £383 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -31.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - - £50.30
25th Percentile - £65.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - £58.75
England median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
South East

Ada falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 929 1,129 1,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.12% 25.64% 23.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 734 929
10th Percentile £271 £330 £325
25th Percentile £380 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.10% -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £624 £660 £688
England median daily rate £515 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.16% -1.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 55 74
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 £32.32
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.88 £49.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.93 £69.69
90th Percentile - £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +3.17% +5.00%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ada relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Ada job vacancy trend in the South East

Ada
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ada.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ada

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ada.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ada

Ada
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire - 2 £365 -
Surrey - 2 - -
Thames Valley - 2 £365 -
Ada
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Ada Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Assembler Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Component Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared