Market Surveillance Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Market Surveillance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Market Surveillance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Market Surveillance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £550 -
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Market Surveillance 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 19,141 11,599 17,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.57% 90.46% 84.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 7,318 10,671
10th Percentile £282 £240 £243
25th Percentile £400 £379 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,019 809 2,018
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.66 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £15.13
Median hourly rate £41.56 £28.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.46% -19.49% -6.17%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £59.99
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

Market Surveillance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Market Surveillance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Market Surveillance
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Market Surveillance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Market Surveillance

Market Surveillance
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Market Surveillance
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 Market Surveillance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 1
Market Surveillance
UK

Market Surveillance
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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis