Guidewire Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Guidewire
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London citing Guidewire products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Guidewire over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Guidewire Software, Inc.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 385 354
Rank change year-on-year -78 -31 -
Contract jobs citing Guidewire 10 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.035% 0.048% 0.054%
As % of the Vendors category 0.087% 0.100% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 9
10th Percentile £463 £454 £434
25th Percentile £500 £483 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £888 £656
90th Percentile £583 - £688
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Guidewire falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 11,493 8,027 7,438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 40.65% 47.99% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,453 5,095 4,291
10th Percentile £275 £220 £220
25th Percentile £403 £366 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £600 £581 £600
90th Percentile £675 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,357 634 429
10th Percentile £13.48 £14.75 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.41% -31.76%
75th Percentile £55.31 £38.94 £62.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.49 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.11 £32.00
% change year-on-year -3.66% -21.53% -27.01%

Guidewire Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Guidewire job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Guidewire Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Guidewire 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 Guidewire within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 4 £525 -
North West - 3 £550 -
North of England - 3 £550 -
Midlands -55 2 - -
West Midlands -49 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Guidewire
UK

Guidewire Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Duck Creek20.0%2
2HP10.0%1
2Microsoft10.0%1
2PeopleSoft10.0%1
2Salesforce10.0%1