Poppulo Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Poppulo
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Poppulo products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poppulo over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Poppulo.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 366 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Poppulo 3 13 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.073% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.040% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £378 £388 -
90th Percentile £402 £489 -
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £526
% change year-on-year -13.33% -28.74% +18.26%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Poppulo falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,411 7,899 9,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 47.73% 44.34% 46.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,589 4,557 6,362
10th Percentile £220 £220 £208
25th Percentile £363 £393 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 612 550 500
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.16 £14.52
25th Percentile £17.06 £15.62 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.35 £30.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -29.41% +112.50%
75th Percentile £40.06 £64.21 £61.90
90th Percentile £69.49 £70.00 £75.03
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +83.61%

Poppulo
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Poppulo in the UK excluding London

Poppulo
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Poppulo
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 Poppulo within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Scotland -10 2 £325 -13.33%
Midlands - 1 £405 -
West Midlands - 1 £405 -
Poppulo
UK

Poppulo
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Viva Engage
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Change Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Excel Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Telephony Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (66.67%) Infographics
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft