Kinematics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Kinematics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Kinematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kinematics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.044% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

Kinematics falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,260 1,640 1,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.33% 10.87% 9.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,492 1,067 1,144
10th Percentile £260 £235 £220
25th Percentile £368 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -1.10% -3.19%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £655 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £515
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 57 87
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.60 £13.51
25th Percentile £18.50 £32.05 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.12 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +57.07% -14.29%
75th Percentile £61.57 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.25 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £44.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year -26.97% +43.55% -39.51%

Kinematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Kinematics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Kinematics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Kinematics
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 Kinematics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 July 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 - 1 £575 - 1
Kinematics
UK

Kinematics
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ARP4761
1 1 (100.00%) DO-160