IT Graduate Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Graduate daily rate in the UK excluding London is £123, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Graduate 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £121 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £123 - -
75th Percentile £124 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £123 - £140
% change year-on-year - - -5.08%

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 22,904 11,756 19,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,194 7,508 11,591
10th Percentile £300 £213 £213
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £594
90th Percentile £679 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,639 843 2,364
10th Percentile £14.65 £13.76 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.95 £15.75
Median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.13 £62.25 £62.14
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £37.18
% change year-on-year +51.84% -24.72% -17.38%

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IT Graduate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies 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 29 May 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
South East - 3 £123 - 4
IT Graduate
UK

IT Graduate Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, IT Graduate contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Windows

IT Graduate Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft