Mercurial Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mercurial
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Mercurial skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mercurial over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 413 487
Rank change year-on-year +33 +74 -60
Contract jobs citing Mercurial 8 34 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.14% 0.074%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.36% 1.01% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 25 19
10th Percentile £442 £455 £432
25th Percentile £446 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -19.58% +2.13% +51.61%
75th Percentile £509 £725 £620
90th Percentile £525 £752 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £71.50 £66.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £73.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.38% +8.15% -
75th Percentile £66.38 £74.88 £68.75
90th Percentile £66.60 £75.55 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £73.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -14.38% +8.15% +22.73%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Mercurial is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,251 3,374 4,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.90% 14.13% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 2,389 3,232
10th Percentile £350 £350 £360
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 177 108
10th Percentile £40.94 £45.75 £37.95
25th Percentile £55.50 £52.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £84.00 £78.00 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +16.67%

Mercurial
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mercurial as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mercurial in the UK excluding London

Mercurial
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mercurial in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Mercurial in the UK excluding London

Mercurial
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mercurial in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Mercurial in the UK excluding London

Mercurial
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 Mercurial within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
East of England +7 7 £465 -15.45%
North of England +12 1 £500 -30.56% 8
North West - 1 £500 - 6
Mercurial
UK

Mercurial
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:

Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Artifactory
2 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
2 1 (12.50%) JMeter
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
2 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
2 1 (12.50%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (87.50%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Data Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) NumPy
1 7 (87.50%) Pandas
1 7 (87.50%) React
1 7 (87.50%) SciPy
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) Playwright
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (87.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (87.50%) Code Quality
2 7 (87.50%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (87.50%) Continuous Integration
2 7 (87.50%) Data Collection
2 7 (87.50%) Data Pipeline
2 7 (87.50%) Machine Learning
2 7 (87.50%) Signal Processing
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
3 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) ATDD
4 1 (12.50%) BDD
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) OOP
4 1 (12.50%) SOLID
4 1 (12.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (87.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA