ContrOCC Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Oxford Computer Consultants ContrOCC
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ContrOCC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 362 407
Rank change year-on-year -43 +45 -
Contract jobs citing ContrOCC 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.47% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £274 - £460
25th Percentile £303 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +9.95% -
75th Percentile £384 - £526
90th Percentile £405 - £541
UK median daily rate £350 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +9.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £20.17 - -
25th Percentile £21.26 - -
Median hourly rate £24.77 - -
75th Percentile £28.30 - -
90th Percentile £29.41 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.77 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,278 943 1,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.13% 5.90% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 556 830
10th Percentile £360 £328 £362
25th Percentile £460 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +2.67% -1.41%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £622
90th Percentile £723 £700 £685
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 47 67
10th Percentile £14.19 £23.36 £31.44
25th Percentile £19.45 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +25.53%
75th Percentile £90.09 £60.88 £63.29
90th Percentile £93.02 £71.20 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +43.01%

ContrOCC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ContrOCC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ContrOCC
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ContrOCC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ContrOCC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ContrOCC in the UK excluding London

ContrOCC
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ContrOCC
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 ContrOCC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 December 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 West - 4 £280 -
North of England - 4 £280 -
South East - 1 £413 -
South West - 1 £350 - 1
ContrOCC
UK

ContrOCC
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) NEC Housing
1 1 (16.67%) Unit4 Business World
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Administrator
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Security
2 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (16.67%) NEC
2 1 (16.67%) Northgate