STL Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Standard Template Library (STL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring STL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 - 397
Rank change year-on-year - - +62
Contract jobs citing STL 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.014%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.026% - 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.96%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% +42.86% -33.33%

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 3,814 2,426 3,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.31% 18.90% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,566 1,650 2,168
10th Percentile £350 £350 £318
25th Percentile £410 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £495
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +0.05% -2.94%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £592
90th Percentile £658 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 70 161
10th Percentile £40.23 £26.48 £20.82
25th Percentile £53.75 £59.94 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.66 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing STL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

STL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

STL
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing STL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing STL

STL
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing STL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing STL

STL
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 STL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 March 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 3
North of England - 1 £600 - 3
STL
UK

STL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow