Ceridian Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ceridian
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Ceridian products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ceridian over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Ceridian Corporation.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 340 395
Rank change year-on-year -108 +55 +38
Contract jobs citing Ceridian 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.023% 0.028%
As % of the Vendors category 0.020% 0.046% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £432 - £368
25th Percentile £435 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% -15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £480 £438 £625
90th Percentile £486 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -5.56% -7.69% -13.33%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Ceridian falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 10,079 6,542 8,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 39.50% 49.12% 41.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,301 4,062 5,342
10th Percentile £283 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% -3.78% -
75th Percentile £588 £583 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £515
% change year-on-year -0.60% -2.33% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 480 985
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £16.95 £14.27
Median hourly rate £30.49 £23.67 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.84% +5.18% -43.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.32 £23.80
% change year-on-year +23.48% +10.59% -44.00%

Ceridian
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ceridian relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ceridian job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ceridian
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ceridian.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ceridian

Ceridian
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 Ceridian within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
South East - 1 £460 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
Ceridian
UK

Ceridian
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Transformation Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) WFM
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NGA Human Resources