IronPort Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IronPort
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 IronPort products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IronPort over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, 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 IronPort Systems.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 335 397
Rank change year-on-year - +62 +94
Contract jobs citing IronPort 0 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.029% 0.031%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.062% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £290 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -22.67% -
75th Percentile - - £400
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £291 £375
% change year-on-year - -22.33% -16.67%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

IronPort 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 8,361 6,408 8,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 45.63% 46.41% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,508 3,806 5,599
10th Percentile £220 £213 £208
25th Percentile £378 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% - -
75th Percentile £586 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 633 332 539
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.62 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% -44.67% +78.00%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £62.48
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £73.87
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.75
% change year-on-year -12.17% -38.00% +58.43%

IronPort
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IronPort job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IronPort
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IronPort
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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