CLAS Contracts in the UK excluding London

CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CLAS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 389 429
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 +66
Contract jobs citing CLAS 2 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.048% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.044% 0.13% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile - £606 £590
25th Percentile £613 £608 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.61%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile - - £664
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £59.73
25th Percentile - - £69.31
Median hourly rate - - £73.99
75th Percentile - - £78.06
90th Percentile - - £82.08
UK median hourly rate - - £73.99
% change year-on-year - - +24.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CLAS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

CLAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
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 CLAS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +39 2 £625 -
CLAS
UK

CLAS
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 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP