IFS Contracts in the UK excluding London

IFS
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 IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, 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 IFS AB.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 358 431
Rank change year-on-year +41 +73 +43
Contract jobs citing IFS 22 41 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.20% 0.067%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.46% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 12
10th Percentile £475 £356 £199
25th Percentile £483 £375 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £475 £688
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% -30.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £628 £627 £763
90th Percentile £683 £650 £823
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.99 -
UK median hourly rate - £13.99 -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

IFS 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,247 8,846 10,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.84% 42.63% 44.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,971 5,327 7,325
10th Percentile £216 £205 £205
25th Percentile £370 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.58%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 949 474
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.28
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.61 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year +20.23% -49.65% +107.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IFS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IFS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IFS in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IFS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IFS in the UK excluding London

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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 IFS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
East of England +32 11 £500 -16.67% 1
South East +34 7 £625 - 12
Midlands +19 2 £625 +35.14% 14
South West - 2 - - 11
West Midlands +14 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £625 - 10
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.55%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Hudson
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Consultant
1 10 (45.45%) IFS Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) IFS Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Cloud Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Functional Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) IFS Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Web Services
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) ERP
2 8 (36.36%) Migration
3 5 (22.73%) Data Migration
3 5 (22.73%) Financial Modelling
3 5 (22.73%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 4 (18.18%) Data Management
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
5 3 (13.64%) Budgeting
5 3 (13.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 3 (13.64%) Contract Management
5 3 (13.64%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Data Mapping
6 2 (9.09%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PL/SQL
1 9 (40.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) ACCA
3 3 (13.64%) CIMA
4 1 (4.55%) APMP
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) P3O
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Sybase