UserZoom Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

UserZoom
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing UserZoom skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 387 -
Rank change year-on-year -94 - -
Contract jobs citing UserZoom 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.018% -
As % of the Applications category 0.10% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 - £519
% change year-on-year - - +29.69%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

UserZoom falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing software application skills in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing software application skills 1,997 1,650 1,390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.09% 9.88% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 884 760
10th Percentile £166 £170 £150
25th Percentile £275 £259 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £373
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +7.31% -0.60%
75th Percentile £525 £502 £500
90th Percentile £600 £600 £588
UK median daily rate £435 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.35% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 607 292 202
10th Percentile £13.10 £12.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £13.96 £15.58 £15.62
Median hourly rate £16.50 £22.32 £19.80
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +12.73% -14.82%
75th Percentile £29.50 £35.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.95 £62.55
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £22.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -23.65% +6.60% -15.49%

UserZoom Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

UserZoom job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

UserZoom Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

UserZoom 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 UserZoom within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wales -13 1 - -
North of England - 1 £500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
UserZoom
UK

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft PowerPoint50.0%1