Qt Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Qt
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Qt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 332 404
Rank change year-on-year -43 +72 +72
Contract jobs citing Qt 17 23 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.16% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% 0.87% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £479
25th Percentile - £513 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% +46.43%
75th Percentile - £538 £534
90th Percentile - - £536
UK median daily rate - £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 0
10th Percentile £63.13 £61.63 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Qt falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,310 2,648 3,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.23% 17.92% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,173 1,648 2,360
10th Percentile £333 £340 £325
25th Percentile £403 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £686 £678
UK median daily rate £508 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 64 135
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £40.12
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.57 £46.18
Median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.31 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +19.05% -19.23%

Qt
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Qt job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Qt
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Qt
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Qt
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 Qt within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South West 0 17 - - 9
Qt
UK

Qt
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) GIS
General
1 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Linux
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Information Security
2 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (64.71%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) Def Stans
1 11 (64.71%) IEC 61508
1 11 (64.71%) MISRA
1 11 (64.71%) MISRA C