Blog Contracts in the UK excluding London

Blogs
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blog 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 325 374 436
Rank change year-on-year +49 +62 +52
Contract jobs citing Blog 11 25 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.41% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 17
10th Percentile £282 - £224
25th Percentile - £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +4.88% +13.89%
75th Percentile £580 £650 £619
90th Percentile £585 £725 £640
UK median daily rate £488 £505 £506
% change year-on-year -3.47% -0.25% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +246.15% - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £13.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +246.15% -29.73% -52.26%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Blog 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Blog 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 Blog in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Blog in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blog 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 Blog in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Blog 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 Blog 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
North of England +22 4 £208 -53.89% 53
Wales - 3 - - 13
West Midlands - 2 £578 - 15
Scotland - 2 £400 - 6
Midlands - 2 £578 - 24
North East - 2 - - 4
North West - 2 £208 - 34
Blog
UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Intranet
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 5 (45.45%) Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Communications Officer
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Research Scientist
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Social Media
2 4 (36.36%) Digital Signage
3 2 (18.18%) Cyberattack
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
2 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) B2B Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Copywriting
3 2 (18.18%) Culture Change
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Media Management
3 2 (18.18%) Email Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Market Research
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
2 3 (27.27%) PhD
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco
1 2 (18.18%) Facebook
1 2 (18.18%) Twitter
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft