SOTI Contracts in the UK excluding London

SOTI
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 SOTI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOTI over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, 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 SOTI, Inc.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 389 448
Rank change year-on-year +63 +59 +68
Contract jobs citing SOTI 8 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.024% 0.029%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.057% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile £382 - -
25th Percentile £479 £158 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £195 £200
Median % change year-on-year +171.79% -2.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £560 £375 £205
90th Percentile £560 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £195 £200
% change year-on-year +182.05% -2.50% -9.09%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

SOTI 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 6,231 8,804 10,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.77% 42.53% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,960 5,308 7,304
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £368 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 948 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.05%
75th Percentile £58.09 £59.13 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £22.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% -49.43% +105.65%

SOTI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOTI in the UK excluding London

SOTI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SOTI in the UK excluding London

SOTI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOTI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOTI in the UK excluding London

SOTI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SOTI in the UK excluding London

SOTI
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 SOTI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
East of England - 7 £560 - 2
South East +34 1 £165 -
SOTI
UK

SOTI
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Administrator
1 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
1 1 (12.50%) Junior
1 1 (12.50%) Junior IT Administrator
1 1 (12.50%) Lead
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Requirements
1 7 (87.50%) Mobile Device Management
1 7 (87.50%) PRINCE2
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (87.50%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Apple
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) Samsung
2 2 (25.00%) Computacenter