PaperCut Contract Job Trends in the South East

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England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PaperCut skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 - 212
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PaperCut 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.075% - 0.037%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.51% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £455 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - £525
75th Percentile £462 - £538
90th Percentile £464 - -
England median daily rate £459 - £165
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

PaperCut falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 590 601 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.81% 14.51% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 448 496
10th Percentile £255 £262 £205
25th Percentile £375 £393 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% -6.98% +4.88%
75th Percentile £565 £613 £625
90th Percentile £615 £675 £697
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 29
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.15 £24.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £26.13 £30.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -31.63% +3.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £37.37 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £44.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -23.47% +90.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PaperCut job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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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 PaperCut within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £459 - 2
Thames Valley - 3 £459 - 5
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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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft