OPENHousing Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Capita OPENHousing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OPENHousing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 355 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Contract jobs citing OPENHousing 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.013% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.075% 0.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £193 -
25th Percentile £306 £220 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £281 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £319 £333 -
90th Percentile - £354 -
UK median daily rate £313 £281 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

OPENHousing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,328 881 1,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.31% 5.88% 6.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 518 818
10th Percentile £363 £346 £363
25th Percentile £461 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
75th Percentile £648 £645 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 37 70
10th Percentile £16.27 £22.10 £32.16
25th Percentile £20.45 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +16.93% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £88.05 £61.76 £63.10
90th Percentile £90.82 £71.20 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%

OPENHousing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

OPENHousing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OPENHousing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

OPENHousing
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

OPENHousing
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 OPENHousing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
West Midlands -32 1 £313 -13.79% 1
Midlands -40 1 £313 -13.79% 1
OPENHousing
UK

OPENHousing
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Aareon QL
1 1 (100.00%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (100.00%) NEC Housing
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard Housing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Housing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aareon
1 1 (100.00%) Capita
1 1 (100.00%) Civica
1 1 (100.00%) NEC
1 1 (100.00%) Northgate
1 1 (100.00%) Oneserve
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard