SoftLayer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM SoftLayer
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SoftLayer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SoftLayer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 505
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SoftLayer 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - - 0.007%
As % of the Cloud Services category - - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - +48.15%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

SoftLayer is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,290 7,805 9,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.82% 33.21% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,756 5,762 7,244
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £370 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 230 289
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.71 £24.81 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.64% +24.05% -
75th Percentile £26.50 £63.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

SoftLayer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SoftLayer in the UK excluding London

SoftLayer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SoftLayer in the UK excluding London