Snow Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Snow
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 Snow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Snow over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, 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 Snow Software.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 318 372
Rank change year-on-year -61 +54 +65
Contract jobs citing Snow 17 22 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.16% 0.082%
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.34% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 13
10th Percentile £226 £223 £188
25th Percentile £463 £275 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +14.44% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 -
90th Percentile £546 £595 £521
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -0.97% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £31.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £20.58
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile £39.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - £20.58
% change year-on-year - - +0.39%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Snow 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 8,256 6,431 9,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 45.83% 46.30% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,420 3,818 5,649
10th Percentile £220 £215 £208
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 631 335 542
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £13.58
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -43.82% +80.27%
75th Percentile £48.13 £60.00 £62.49
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £43.84
% change year-on-year -12.89% -37.61% +60.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Snow 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 Snow.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Snow in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Snow 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 Snow.

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

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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 Snow within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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 East -3 9 £475 +58.33% 1
North of England -43 5 £525 -4.55%
North West -24 4 £532 -16.95%
Scotland +3 2 - -
South West -15 1 - -
Yorkshire -51 1 £525 -4.55%
Snow
UK

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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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Asset Management Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) IT Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Programme Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) IT Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Software Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) ITSM Architect
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) CMDB
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Asset Management
1 10 (58.82%) IT Asset Management
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Software Asset Management
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL
5 4 (23.53%) Software Licensing
6 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
6 3 (17.65%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (17.65%) Culture Change
6 3 (17.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
6 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
7 2 (11.76%) Data Entry
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
3 2 (11.76%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) ServiceNow
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 3 (17.65%) IBM
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 3 (17.65%) Workday
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe