ResourceLink Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

NGA ResourceLink
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ResourceLink skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 367 398
Rank change year-on-year -7 +31 +103
Contract jobs citing ResourceLink 3 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.024% 0.061%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.26% 0.40% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £473 £267 £420
25th Percentile £488 £369 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -37.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £538 £478 £788
90th Percentile - £484 £823
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £700
% change year-on-year +5.56% -35.71% +54.70%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

ResourceLink 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 1,161 993 1,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.17% 5.84% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 574 885
10th Percentile £353 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £439 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £716 £713 £697
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 55 66
10th Percentile £12.82 £30.16 £31.20
25th Percentile £18.69 £35.36 £49.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% -28.62% +41.23%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.35 £63.10
90th Percentile £87.64 £65.60 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £33.49 £43.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.57% -23.44% +25.53%

ResourceLink
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ResourceLink job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ResourceLink
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ResourceLink
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ResourceLink
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 ResourceLink within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 -18 2 £525 +23.53%
Midlands -20 2 £525 +23.53% 2
East of England - 1 £475 - 2
ResourceLink
UK

ResourceLink
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Management Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Product Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Payroll Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMP