British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term BBC in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BBC over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 589 | 701 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +112 | +140 |
| Contract jobs citing BBC | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.008% | 0.021% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £525 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +37.50% | -25.58% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £628 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £375 |
All Generic Skills
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BBC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,891 | 13,078 | 19,315 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.90% | 30.37% | 33.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,312 | 8,413 | 13,248 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £270 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £663 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 397 | 901 | 636 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.67 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.75 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £61.30 | £64.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.20 | £70.00 | £75.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.93 | £28.50 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.53% | +29.55% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing BBC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BBC.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BBC.