NLPG Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NLPG in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NLPG over the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NLPG 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £400 - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

NLPG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,601 4,254 6,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.85% 33.38% 29.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,091 2,588 3,788
10th Percentile £204 £200 £206
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 260 675
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.11 £21.44 £14.94
Median hourly rate £36.32 £31.76 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% +19.13% +21.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £83.47 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% +14.04% +26.75%

NLPG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

NLPG job vacancy trend 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 NLPG.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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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 NLPG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 March 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 £400 - 3
NLPG
UK

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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 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) QGIS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) LLPG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) BS7666
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce