Scorecard Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Scorecard skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 321 388
Rank change year-on-year -56 +67 +88
Contract jobs citing Scorecard 15 31 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.21% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.24% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £449 £425 £300
25th Percentile £566 £438 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £636 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +27.10% -13.04% +8.49%
75th Percentile £662 £574 £645
90th Percentile £680 £600 £689
UK median daily rate £611 £528 £525
% change year-on-year +15.83% +0.48% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £37.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Scorecard falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,689 12,960 17,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.83% 87.26% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,582 7,621 11,014
10th Percentile £220 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,758 745 1,210
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +42.45%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.10 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.14 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Scorecard 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 Scorecard.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scorecard in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scorecard in the UK excluding London

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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 Scorecard.

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

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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 Scorecard within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
East of England -11 5 £662 +47.00% 13
South East -15 3 £630 +18.87% 34
West Midlands -24 3 £538 +13.16% 13
Midlands -43 3 £538 +13.16% 25
North of England -56 3 £650 +74.50% 26
Yorkshire -35 2 £550 +10.00% 10
South West -13 1 £447 -23.91% 13
North West -37 1 £650 +165.31% 14
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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 5 (33.33%) SAS
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Drupal
2 1 (6.67%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Workday HCM
2 1 (6.67%) iTrent
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.67%) SSL
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Automotive
6 1 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Law
6 1 (6.67%) Local Government
6 1 (6.67%) Marketing
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Report Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Architect
3 1 (6.67%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 1 (6.67%) HR Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Procurement Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Python Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) R Developer
3 1 (6.67%) SAS Developer
3 1 (6.67%) SAS Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 5 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (33.33%) System Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Contract Management
6 2 (13.33%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Java
1 5 (33.33%) Python
1 5 (33.33%) R
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Workday
2 1 (6.67%) Foundry
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) SAP