BASE24 Contract Job Trends

ACI BASE24
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring BASE24 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 501 579
Rank change year-on-year -70 +78 +189
Contract jobs citing BASE24 7 33 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.10% 0.002%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.23% 1.36% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 0
10th Percentile £399 £365 -
25th Percentile £424 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% - -
75th Percentile £457 - -
90th Percentile £475 £630 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

BASE24 falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,089 2,426 3,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.33% 7.62% 7.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,781 1,284 1,877
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £760 £761 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +2.23% +2.48% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 53 90
10th Percentile £19.85 £22.27 £19.25
25th Percentile £28.69 £30.41 £40.25
Median hourly rate £44.75 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -18.25% +38.97%
75th Percentile £80.31 £74.87 £69.12
90th Percentile £90.46 £84.95 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £49.34 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.51% -12.66% +51.45%

BASE24
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BASE24 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

BASE24 job vacancy trend in the UK

BASE24
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BASE24.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BASE24

BASE24
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BASE24.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BASE24

BASE24
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BASE24 within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England -75 7 £442 -26.29% 1
London -41 5 £442 -26.29% 1
Work from Home +3 4 £438 -30.00%
East of England -23 2 - -
UK excluding London -70 2 - -

BASE24
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (28.57%) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) NonStop SQL
1 4 (57.14%) OLTP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) EMV
1 4 (57.14%) Tandem
2 1 (14.29%) APACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Observability
4 1 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) C
2 4 (57.14%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO 8583
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk