Don't repeat yourself (DRY) Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Don't repeat yourself (DRY) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 - 384
Rank change year-on-year - - +68
Contract jobs citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% - 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -69.23%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £200
% change year-on-year +8.70% +187.50% -69.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 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 18,913 11,502 17,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.88% 90.52% 85.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,515 7,297 10,680
10th Percentile £280 £240 £240
25th Percentile £400 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £582 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £665 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,988 785 1,980
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.70 £12.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.13 £15.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £33.03
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% -12.21% -8.24%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.81
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.79 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.16% -6.87% -8.79%

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Don't repeat yourself (DRY) job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY)

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY)

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
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 Don't repeat yourself (DRY) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
East of England - 2 £625 - 4
Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
UK

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
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 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared