Descriptive Programming Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Descriptive Programming
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Descriptive Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Descriptive Programming 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Descriptive Programming falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,981 11,560 18,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.07% 90.41% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,899 7,222 11,079
10th Percentile £263 £235 £238
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,910 702 1,924
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.12 £15.38
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £31.65
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +2.69% -9.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

Descriptive Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Descriptive Programming job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Descriptive Programming
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Descriptive Programming
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 Descriptive Programming within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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 West - 1 - -
Descriptive Programming
UK

Descriptive Programming
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%) HP UFT
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus