CMake Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CMake
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CMake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 - 407
Rank change year-on-year - - +55
Contract jobs citing CMake 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - 0.014%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.035% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile £710 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +125.00%
75th Percentile £730 - £653
90th Percentile - - £674
UK median daily rate £718 £460 £625
% change year-on-year +55.98% -26.40% +150.00%

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 2,835 1,719 2,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.58% 13.61% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,885 1,134 1,514
10th Percentile £322 £325 £356
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.68%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 61 150
10th Percentile £40.00 £27.94 £39.75
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £76.75 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.96 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% +0.81% +0.81%

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CMake job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CMake
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CMake
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMake.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMake

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 2 April 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
South East - 1 £720 - 6
CMake
UK

CMake
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) GoogleTest
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google