IT Graduate Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Graduate daily rate in the UK excluding London is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 444 509
Rank change year-on-year +50 +65 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Graduate 1 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.033% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.035% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £119 £148
25th Percentile £125 £131 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £138 £185
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -25.68% -
75th Percentile £175 £144 £218
90th Percentile - £170 £237
UK median daily rate £140 £138 £198
% change year-on-year +1.82% -30.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
UK median hourly rate - - £21.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,260 22,774 29,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.07% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 15,954 20,879
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Graduate in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Graduate in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Graduate in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Graduate in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
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 IT Graduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 £150 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £150 - 1
IT Graduate
UK

IT Graduate Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT Graduate contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics

IT Graduate Skill Set
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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics