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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 354 370
Rank change year-on-year +49 +16 +107
Contract jobs citing Ada 35 38 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.94% 0.77% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £356
25th Percentile - £538 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £374
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +53.74% -
75th Percentile - £613 £477
90th Percentile - - £538
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -38.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 29 45
10th Percentile £61.78 £57.25 £46.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% +0.19%

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 3,743 4,915 6,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.96% 23.75% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,496 3,296 4,475
10th Percentile £322 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.41% -2.65% -
75th Percentile £556 £584 £594
90th Percentile £637 £650 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 429 327
10th Percentile £27.88 £37.55 £26.20
25th Percentile £44.51 £52.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% - +22.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.63% -0.40% +21.95%

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

Ada
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 30 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 +69 35 £500 - 14
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 (14.29%) Law
2 4 (11.43%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
3 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Product Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Products Support Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Software Support Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Support Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Java Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Linux Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Java Software Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Linux Support
4 8 (22.86%) Linux Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Software Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Ada Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Ada Software Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) C++ Developer
7 2 (5.71%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (80.00%) Middleware
2 10 (28.57%) Qt
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Linux
2 13 (37.14%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.86%) Unix
3 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (11.43%) Multithreading
2 4 (11.43%) Software Architecture
3 2 (5.71%) SysML
3 2 (5.71%) UML
4 1 (2.86%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (65.71%) C++
2 13 (37.14%) C
2 13 (37.14%) JavaScript
2 13 (37.14%) Shell Script
3 10 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (57.14%) Def Stans
1 20 (57.14%) IEC 61508
2 10 (28.57%) MISRA
2 10 (28.57%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Red Hat