Distributed Ledger Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT, Shared Ledger)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Distributed Ledger skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Ledger 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.080% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £489 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £900 £775 £750
% change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

Distributed Ledger 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 1,250 978 1,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.19% 5.85% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 559 853
10th Percentile £360 £324 £362
25th Percentile £450 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £625
90th Percentile £720 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 53 65
10th Percentile £12.82 £23.88 £30.96
25th Percentile £18.59 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +61.40%
75th Percentile £84.00 £59.95 £63.29
90th Percentile £91.19 £67.20 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.05% -28.62% +25.53%

Distributed Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Distributed Ledger job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Distributed Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Distributed Ledger
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 Distributed Ledger within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 - 1 £503 - 1
Distributed Ledger
UK

Distributed Ledger
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (100.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) R3 Corda
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) KYC
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership