Low Latency Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Low Latency
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Low Latency skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 341 414
Rank change year-on-year -13 +73 +42
Contract jobs citing Low Latency 17 33 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.19% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.23% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 9
10th Percentile £411 £353 £336
25th Percentile £413 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £540 £612 £580
90th Percentile £630 £618 £675
UK median daily rate £700 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £21.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Low Latency falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,053 14,604 18,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.23% 83.41% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,433 8,274 12,504
10th Percentile £229 £240 £259
25th Percentile £368 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,528 1,094 1,291
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +71.89%
75th Percentile £40.51 £66.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +43.53%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Low Latency job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Low Latency
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Low Latency
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Low Latency in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Low Latency in the UK excluding London

Low Latency
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Low Latency
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 Low Latency within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
North of England -30 6 £425 +11.26% 8
North West -18 5 £481 +25.92% 5
South East - 4 £525 - 25
Scotland - 3 £465 - 7
Northern Ireland -11 2 £480 +6.67% 3
South West +10 1 £675 +22.73% 1
West Midlands -11 1 £600 -1.96%
Midlands -20 1 £600 -1.96%
Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 2
Low Latency
UK

Low Latency
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Apache
1 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon ELB
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
2 1 (5.88%) Apigee
2 1 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) GitHub
2 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (5.88%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) 5G
1 3 (17.65%) VPN
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 2 (11.76%) DHCP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.88%) 3GPP
3 1 (5.88%) DWDM
3 1 (5.88%) HTTP
3 1 (5.88%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (5.88%) MPLS
3 1 (5.88%) NGN
3 1 (5.88%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (5.88%) SDH
3 1 (5.88%) SSL
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Apache Hive
1 1 (5.88%) Big Data
1 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
1 1 (5.88%) HBase
1 1 (5.88%) Impala
1 1 (5.88%) Looker
1 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Git
2 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.88%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (5.88%) HP UFT
3 1 (5.88%) JUnit
3 1 (5.88%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Java Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.88%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Backend Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Core Java Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Kafka Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Payments Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Backend Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) REST
2 3 (17.65%) SOAP
3 2 (11.76%) Kafka
4 1 (5.88%) .NET
4 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (5.88%) Apache Avro
4 1 (5.88%) Django
4 1 (5.88%) Express.js
4 1 (5.88%) FastAPI
4 1 (5.88%) JSON
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js
4 1 (5.88%) OAuth
4 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
4 1 (5.88%) OpenAPI
4 1 (5.88%) OpenID
4 1 (5.88%) RESTful
4 1 (5.88%) Swagger
4 1 (5.88%) Web Services
4 1 (5.88%) XML
4 1 (5.88%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.76%) SCADA
3 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (5.88%) IoT
3 1 (5.88%) NB-IoT
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) API Development
4 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Runbook
4 2 (11.76%) Software Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 2 (11.76%) User Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (17.65%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) Bash
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Perl
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.76%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.88%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) HDFS
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (5.88%) Argo
1 1 (5.88%) Grafana
1 1 (5.88%) Prometheus
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) F5
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) Infoblox
3 1 (5.88%) Brocade
3 1 (5.88%) Ciena
3 1 (5.88%) Confluent
3 1 (5.88%) Cramer
3 1 (5.88%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.88%) Nokia
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) VMware