Social Housing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Social Housing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 165 -
Rank change year-on-year -57 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 11 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.056% -
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.097% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
England median daily rate £538 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +19.44% +5.88% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.23 - -
Median hourly rate £17.47 - -
75th Percentile £17.70 - -
90th Percentile £18.69 - -
England median hourly rate £17.47 - £23.00

All General Skills
South East

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,536 2,063 2,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 54.17% 58.06% 53.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,779 1,303 1,305
10th Percentile £263 £200 £216
25th Percentile £413 £328 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £608
90th Percentile £725 £668 £684
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 590 199 131
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.00 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.61 £14.88 £26.13
Median hourly rate £32.81 £20.40 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% -64.05% +8.09%
75th Percentile £67.50 £38.42 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.31 £73.15 £75.24
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Social Housing job vacancy trend in the South East

Social Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Social Housing
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 Social Housing within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Kent - 8 - - 3
Thames Valley - 2 £650 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £650 -
Hampshire - 1 - - 1
Social Housing
England

Social Housing
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 (9.09%) NEC Housing
General
1 2 (18.18%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Applications Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Project Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Housing Association
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
3 1 (9.09%) Case Management
3 1 (9.09%) Compliance Management
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Entry
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Validation
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) Housing Management
3 1 (9.09%) Information Governance
3 1 (9.09%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) NEC