WorldPay Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

WorldPay
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of WorldPay products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WorldPay over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within WorldPay.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 367 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs citing WorldPay 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.006% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.012% 0.013% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - -2.04%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

WorldPay falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,164 7,480 9,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 47.86% 44.72% 47.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,209 4,340 6,335
10th Percentile £220 £223 £210
25th Percentile £366 £392 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 648 432 526
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £22.32 £28.50 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -33.33% +94.32%
75th Percentile £38.55 £62.51 £60.94
90th Percentile £70.55 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £31.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -19.35% -29.32% +75.44%

WorldPay
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WorldPay job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WorldPay
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

WorldPay
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 WorldPay within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Scotland - 1 - -
WorldPay
UK

WorldPay
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow