Housing Association Contract Job Trends in the South East

Housing Association
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Housing Association in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Housing Association over the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 156 207
Rank change year-on-year -31 +51 -
Contract jobs citing Housing Association 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.021% 0.032% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.069% 0.094% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £370
25th Percentile - - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £400
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £470
England median daily rate £438 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% -

All Generic Skills
South East

Housing Association 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,453 1,066 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.30% 33.60% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 621 971
10th Percentile £219 £240 £205
25th Percentile £368 £386 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £482
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +6.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 40 120
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.97 £24.18 £22.21
Median hourly rate £27.50 £33.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -28.95% +15.15%
75th Percentile £70.82 £62.24 £60.67
90th Percentile £87.60 £71.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £33.50 £35.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.63% +9.23% +44.54%

Housing Association
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Housing Association job vacancy trend in the South East

Housing Association
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Housing Association
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Housing Association
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 Housing Association within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Hampshire - 1 £600 - 1
Housing Association
England

Housing Association
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Full Text Search
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NEC