Social Housing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Housing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 374 444
Rank change year-on-year +41 +70 +62
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 2 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.049% 0.030%
As % of the General category 0.025% 0.090% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £266 £467
25th Percentile £325 £347 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £496 £545
Median % change year-on-year -29.47% -8.94% +21.11%
75th Percentile £375 £597 £608
90th Percentile - £630 £639
UK median daily rate £381 £496 £375
% change year-on-year -23.17% +32.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.99% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.96 -
% change year-on-year -9.62% - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,001 11,061 13,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.60% 54.32% 56.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,904 6,303 9,046
10th Percentile £210 £205 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £691
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 1,647 761
10th Percentile £13.31 £12.50 £13.31
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £28.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% -1.72% +52.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £54.00 £61.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.74 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -9.65% -10.82% +53.73%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Social Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK excluding London

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Housing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in the UK excluding London

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Housing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in the UK excluding London

Social Housing
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 Social Housing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North of England +18 1 £350 +23.89% 15
North West +12 1 £350 +84.21% 12
Midlands +9 1 - - 5
East Midlands +4 1 - - 1
Social Housing
UK

Social Housing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds