Hackathon Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Hackathon
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hackathon in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hackathon over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 360 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Hackathon 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.039% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.019% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £484 -
25th Percentile £145 £516 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.17% - -
75th Percentile £175 £628 -
90th Percentile - £656 -
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -9.47% +18.75% -15.79%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Hackathon falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,306 5,164 6,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.50% 28.64% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,135 3,030 4,479
10th Percentile £223 £213 £220
25th Percentile £363 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £600
90th Percentile £656 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 441 318
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.15 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.14 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £52.50 £45.41
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +15.61% +108.49%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £66.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -34.44% +5.26% +61.32%

Hackathon
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Hackathon as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hackathon in the UK excluding London

Hackathon
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Hackathon
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 Hackathon within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 West +17 1 £160 -72.17% 3
Hackathon
UK

Hackathon
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree