Tandem Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Tandem
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tandem in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Tandem over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 355 418
Rank change year-on-year -15 +63 +63
Contract jobs citing Tandem 16 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.024% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.080% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 4
10th Percentile £313 £613 -
25th Percentile £344 £631 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £675 £325
Median % change year-on-year -31.04% +107.69% -32.82%
75th Percentile £485 £731 £488
90th Percentile £490 £758 £555
UK median daily rate £470 £651 £495
% change year-on-year -27.82% +31.41% -13.91%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Tandem falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,635 4,989 6,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.55% 29.34% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,414 2,745 4,335
10th Percentile £215 £208 £213
25th Percentile £363 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.30% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 296 368
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.68 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.95 £22.50 £21.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +8.27% +105.24%
75th Percentile £55.25 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.16 £79.43
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £45.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +1.12% +71.15%

Tandem
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Tandem job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Tandem
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Tandem
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tandem in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tandem in the UK excluding London

Tandem
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Tandem
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 Tandem within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
North West - 12 £438 - 5
North of England - 12 £438 - 6
South East +7 3 £470 -37.33% 4
Scotland - 1 £325 - 3
Tandem
UK

Tandem
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (68.75%) Confluence
1 11 (68.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
1 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) SSH
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) SAP CO Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Lambda Expressions
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (68.75%) Computer Science
2 11 (68.75%) Cryptography
2 11 (68.75%) Information Security
2 11 (68.75%) ITIL
3 10 (62.50%) Incident Response
4 9 (56.25%) Change Management
4 9 (56.25%) Release Management
5 8 (50.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (50.00%) Key Management
6 7 (43.75%) Project Management
7 6 (37.50%) Attestation
7 6 (37.50%) Customer Experience
7 6 (37.50%) Incident Management
7 6 (37.50%) Project Delivery
7 6 (37.50%) Service Management
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
9 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (6.25%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) CISM
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) IBM
2 6 (37.50%) Gemalto
2 6 (37.50%) Thales
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) SAP