Software Assurance Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Assurance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 386 431
Rank change year-on-year - +45 +63
Contract jobs citing Software Assurance 0 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.044% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.053% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 3
10th Percentile - £538 £421
25th Percentile - £569 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +42.11% -24.00%
75th Percentile - £688 £491
90th Percentile - £719 £493
UK median daily rate £325 £675 £475
% change year-on-year -51.85% +42.11% -16.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £39.24
25th Percentile - £58.02 £41.59
Median hourly rate - £62.32 £46.96
Median % change year-on-year - +32.69% -1.80%
75th Percentile - £66.61 £50.88
90th Percentile - - £52.36
UK median hourly rate - £62.32 £46.96
% change year-on-year - +32.69% -1.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Assurance 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 11,596 17,041 20,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.69% 84.15% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,235 10,189 14,096
10th Percentile £231 £250 £259
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,063 1,256
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.73
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

Software Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Assurance in the UK excluding London

Software Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Assurance in the UK excluding London

Software Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Assurance in the UK excluding London