ICT Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ICT Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median ICT Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £178, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £161 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 - -
75th Percentile £194 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £178 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,589 14,176 16,149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 89.46% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,801 8,703 9,184
10th Percentile £300 £209 £220
25th Percentile £413 £362 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £670 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,503 1,334 1,250
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.51 £14.73
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.31 £19.50
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.96
Median % change year-on-year +66.84% -41.80% -3.47%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.70 £69.65 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%

ICT Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ICT Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ICT Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ICT Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ICT Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ICT Specialist
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 ICT Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Yorkshire - 2 £178 - 2
North of England - 2 £178 - 2
ICT Specialist
UK