Tandem Contract Job Trends in the South East

Tandem
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tandem in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Tandem over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 175 209
Rank change year-on-year +7 +34 +45
Contract jobs citing Tandem 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.082% 0.024% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.077% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £470 £725 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.33% - -
75th Percentile £477 £775 -
90th Percentile £480 - -
England median daily rate £467 £651 £485
% change year-on-year -28.17% +34.12% -15.65%

All Generic Skills
South East

Tandem 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 1,135 1,292 1,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.94% 30.44% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 737 1,173
10th Percentile £204 £253 £205
25th Percentile £359 £380 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.77% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 76 107
10th Percentile £12.73 £14.24 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.94 £26.81 £23.62
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.61% +0.48% +81.66%
75th Percentile £54.00 £75.00 £63.90
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.16 £78.00
England median hourly rate £28.13 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.43% +16.67% +73.08%

Tandem
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Tandem job vacancy trend in the South East

Tandem
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Tandem
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Tandem
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 Tandem within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
West Sussex - 3 £470 - 2
Tandem
England

Tandem
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 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP