Scylla Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ScyllaDB Scylla
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Scylla 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £600 - £325

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Scylla falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,594 2,229 2,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.30% 15.01% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,797 1,397 2,013
10th Percentile £310 £313 £306
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £573 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 50 91
10th Percentile £20.96 £18.45 £15.32
25th Percentile £30.31 £21.56 £20.91
Median hourly rate £56.10 £27.24 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +105.97% -41.02% +0.39%
75th Percentile £68.19 £64.50 £64.75
90th Percentile £84.90 £65.66 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.61 £30.40 £46.18
% change year-on-year +56.61% -34.17% -8.60%

Scylla
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Scylla job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Scylla
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Scylla
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 Scylla within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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 - 1 £600 -
Scylla
UK

Scylla
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Software Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared