CMake Contracts in the UK excluding London

CMake
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CMake skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMake 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 335 396 458
Rank change year-on-year +61 +62 +51
Contract jobs citing CMake 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.014% 0.017%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.058% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £444
25th Percentile £354 £359 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £369 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -37.28% +8.29%
75th Percentile £361 £378 £691
90th Percentile - - £741
UK median daily rate £358 £650 £588
% change year-on-year -45.00% +10.64% +8.29%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

CMake falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CMake in the UK excluding London

CMake
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CMake in the UK excluding London

CMake
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CMake in the UK excluding London

CMake
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 CMake 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 East +46 1 £358 -2.99% 8
CMake
UK

CMake
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CNTK
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVINO
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree