STL Contracts in the UK excluding London

Standard Template Library (STL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring STL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited STL over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 392 438
Rank change year-on-year - +46 +55
Contract jobs citing STL 0 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.010% 0.030%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.062% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £520
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.47%
75th Percentile - - £540
90th Percentile - - £576
UK median daily rate £750 - £788
% change year-on-year - - +8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.25
25th Percentile - - £50.63
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £55.63
90th Percentile - - £56.75
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,374 3,244 4,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.37% 16.01% 18.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 2,127 3,158
10th Percentile £325 £323 £356
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £694 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 213 87
10th Percentile £35.08 £21.88 £22.20
25th Percentile £56.03 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £69.06 £65.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.49 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.00%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for STL in the UK excluding London

STL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for STL in the UK excluding London

STL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for STL in the UK excluding London