Toad Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Quest Toad
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Toad skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 360 410
Rank change year-on-year -38 +50 +75
Contract jobs citing Toad 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.018% 0.015%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.27% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £359 - £303
25th Percentile £359 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% -12.20%
75th Percentile £374 - £569
90th Percentile £382 - £618
UK median daily rate £368 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -41.67% +20.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Toad falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,599 2,105 2,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.98% 12.67% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,795 1,252 1,718
10th Percentile £313 £338 £358
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £501
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.60% -4.67%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £672
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 120 201
10th Percentile £19.63 £40.88 £46.18
25th Percentile £53.13 £51.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £69.06 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +8.33%

Toad
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Toad job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Toad
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Toad
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Toad
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 Toad within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
South East +2 5 £368 -8.13% 1
West Midlands - 4 £359 -
Midlands - 4 £359 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Toad
UK

Toad
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 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Test Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Tester
3 1 (14.29%) DB2 Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) DB2 DBA
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Defect Management
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) webMethods
3 2 (28.57%) Ariba
4 1 (14.29%) BMC
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft