Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MACH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MACH over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 365 | 365 | 410 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +45 | +102 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing MACH | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.013% | 0.011% | 0.046% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.070% | 0.066% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £586 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £688 | £622 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £725 | £688 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.45% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £763 | £747 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £779 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £913 | £600 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.08% | +4.35% | -14.81% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London
MACH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 2,845 | 3,044 | 3,802 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 18.39% | 16.77% | 17.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,895 | 1,956 | 2,770 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £325 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.00% | - | -2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £612 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £700 | £678 |
| UK median daily rate | £501 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.00% | - | -3.51% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 133 | 180 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £25.60 | £39.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.00 | £43.00 | £46.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £59.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +5.88% | -1.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.96 | £74.45 | £77.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £54.00 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.34% | +2.67% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing MACH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MACH.
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DemandTrendContract 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 MACH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +18 | 1 | £725 | +5.45% | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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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: