YouTube Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

YouTube
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 YouTube products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited YouTube over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, 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 YouTube, LLC.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 342 400
Rank change year-on-year -43 +58 +79
Contract jobs citing YouTube 6 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.029% 0.015%
As % of the Vendors category 0.073% 0.063% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £170
25th Percentile - - £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £236
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.50%
75th Percentile - - £280
90th Percentile - - £303
UK median daily rate £218 - £300
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £27.50 £28.75 £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £29.25
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.98% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

YouTube 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 8,218 6,383 9,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 45.77% 46.36% 46.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,400 3,786 5,655
10th Percentile £220 £215 £208
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £686 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 332 539
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.00 £17.20
Median hourly rate £21.50 £24.83 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.41% -44.20% +80.27%
75th Percentile £48.13 £59.91 £62.48
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £73.87
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.79
% change year-on-year -12.17% -38.06% +60.71%

YouTube
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

YouTube job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

YouTube
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

YouTube
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

YouTube
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 YouTube within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
South East -12 5 - - 12
South West -18 1 - - 3
YouTube
UK

YouTube
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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Canva
1 3 (50.00%) ChatGPT
1 3 (50.00%) Zapier
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
4 1 (16.67%) Military
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Executive
2 2 (33.33%) Content Marketing Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Social Media
2 3 (50.00%) Midjourney
3 2 (33.33%) Blog
3 2 (33.33%) Educational Technology
3 2 (33.33%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Content Development
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media Management
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Content Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Generation
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) SEO
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA