Hudson Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Hudson (HudsonCI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Hudson skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 352 399
Rank change year-on-year -35 +47 +59
Contract jobs citing Hudson 12 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.059% 0.053%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.47% 0.47% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 10
10th Percentile £330 £270 £164
25th Percentile £375 £323 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £338
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +14.81% +35.00%
75th Percentile £572 £427 £403
90th Percentile £623 £474 £441
UK median daily rate £500 £388 £300
% change year-on-year +29.03% +29.17% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £82.81
% change year-on-year - - -26.39%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Hudson falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,566 2,119 2,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.07% 12.60% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,771 1,266 1,738
10th Percentile £313 £336 £357
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £506
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -3.66% -3.62%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £635 £652 £672
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £542
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.97% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 125 198
10th Percentile £16.84 £41.75 £46.18
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.25 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.26
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.78 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.84%

Hudson
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hudson job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Hudson
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hudson in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hudson in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hudson.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Hudson

Hudson
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 Hudson within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
East of England - 7 £525 - 4
North West -25 4 £400 +14.29% 3
North of England -33 4 £400 +14.29% 3
Scotland - 1 £225 -
Hudson
UK

Hudson
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) General Ledger
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Billing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix Technical Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Supply Chain Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (25.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) ERP
4 1 (8.33%) ETL
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) IFS
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Sybase