Ada Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ada
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ada skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ada over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 358 395
Rank change year-on-year +67 +37 +84
Contract jobs citing Ada 45 41 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 0.84% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £454
25th Percentile - £538 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £471
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +22.08% -
75th Percentile - £613 £500
90th Percentile - - £523
UK median daily rate £750 £575 £475
% change year-on-year +30.48% +21.05% -34.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 29 46
10th Percentile £61.85 £57.25 £43.90
25th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% +13.04% +0.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +2.31% +13.04% +10.58%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ada as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ada in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ada in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Ada in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ada in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Ada in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South West +80 45 £500 - 27
Ada
UK

Ada
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 5 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 4 (8.89%) Law
3 1 (2.22%) Aviation
3 1 (2.22%) Finance
3 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 11 (24.44%) Ada Engineer
2 11 (24.44%) Ada Software Engineer
3 10 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Java Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Product Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Products Support Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Software Support Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Java Software Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Linux Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Linux Support
6 7 (15.56%) Linux Support Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Developer
7 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) C++ Developer
9 1 (2.22%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (73.33%) Middleware
2 13 (28.89%) Qt
Operating Systems
1 22 (48.89%) Linux
2 11 (24.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (24.44%) SysML
2 11 (24.44%) UML
3 1 (2.22%) Multithreading
3 1 (2.22%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) C++
2 11 (24.44%) C
2 11 (24.44%) JavaScript
2 11 (24.44%) Shell Script
3 10 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 22 (48.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (51.11%) Def Stans
1 23 (51.11%) IEC 61508
2 13 (28.89%) MISRA
2 13 (28.89%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.22%) Twitter