Humanities
UK > UK excluding London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Humanities in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Humanities over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 333 | 393 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Humanities | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.008% | 0.005% | - |
| As % of the General category | 0.013% | 0.009% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £221 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +133.05% | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £515 | £221 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +133.05% | - | - |
All General Skills
UK excluding London
Humanities falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 7,951 | 11,315 | 13,522 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 62.24% | 54.66% | 56.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,914 | 6,454 | 9,246 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £205 | £228 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £363 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £598 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £662 | £688 | £694 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 583 | 1,658 | 783 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.86 | £12.50 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £15.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.76 | £28.00 | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.57% | -6.67% | +60.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.13 | £52.95 | £61.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £66.25 | £68.95 |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.50 | £30.00 | £34.31 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -12.56% | +57.28% |
Humanities
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Humanities as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Humanities
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Humanities in the UK excluding London.
Humanities
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 Humanities within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands | - | 1 | £515 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £515 | - | |
| Humanities UK |
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Humanities
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:
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