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 requiring knowledge or experience of 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 20 October 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 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 478 | 372 | 360 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -106 | -12 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Guidewire | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.032% | 0.050% | 0.059% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.079% | 0.10% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £454 | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £483 | £528 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £625 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £888 | £670 |
| 90th Percentile | £583 | - | £749 |
| 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 requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 11,390 | 7,721 | 7,597 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 40.22% | 48.12% | 44.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,523 | 4,809 | 4,371 |
| 10th Percentile | £268 | £220 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £363 | £382 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £583 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £653 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,265 | 623 | 461 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.75 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £16.98 | £15.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.18 | £21.30 | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.83% | -29.00% | -29.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £34.83 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £24.19 | £24.00 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.79% | -26.15% | -25.86% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
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 20 October 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 East | - | 4 | £525 | - | 7 |
| North West | - | 3 | £550 | - | |
| North of England | - | 3 | £550 | - | |
| Midlands | -47 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | -55 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | |
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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
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duck Creek | 11.1% | 1 |
| 1 | HP | 11.1% | 1 |
| 1 | PeopleSoft | 11.1% | 1 |
| 1 | Salesforce | 11.1% | 1 |