CAFM Contracts

Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring CAFM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAFM over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 532 684
Rank change year-on-year +39 +152 +169
Contract jobs citing CAFM 28 41 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.096% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 13
10th Percentile £397 £184 £276
25th Percentile £408 £200 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £468 £438 £600
90th Percentile £480 £545 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate - £425 £420
% change year-on-year - +1.19% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 1
10th Percentile £13.08 £13.26 -
25th Percentile - £14.22 -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.13% +15.00% -
75th Percentile - £26.98 -
90th Percentile - £28.60 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.08 £16.17 £20.00
% change year-on-year -12.96% -19.15% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

CAFM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,555 36,687 51,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.98% 86.22% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,047 23,611 35,552
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 2,428 1,693
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

CAFM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CAFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAFM.

Daily rate trend for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAFM.

Hourly rate trend for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAFM within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
England +53 25 £438 +9.38% 66
UK excluding London +30 13 - - 43
London +30 11 £400 +103.82% 27
Midlands +10 7 - - 4
West Midlands +7 7 - - 2
South East +49 6 - - 15
Work from Home +19 5 - - 10
Yorkshire +14 2 - - 1
North of England +13 2 - - 11
North East - 2 - - 5

CAFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (39.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (21.43%) Advertising
5 5 (17.86%) Automotive
5 5 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (10.71%) Finance
6 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Operator
2 2 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Developer
2 2 (7.14%) Risk Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Applications Developer
3 1 (3.57%) Performance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
1 9 (32.14%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (17.86%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (17.86%) IoT
2 5 (17.86%) NHS
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Facilities Management
2 11 (39.29%) Customer Service
3 10 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (32.14%) Preventative Maintenance
4 9 (32.14%) Time Management
5 7 (25.00%) Agile
5 7 (25.00%) Workflow
6 5 (17.86%) Analytical Thinking
6 5 (17.86%) Business Transformation
6 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
6 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Energy Management
6 5 (17.86%) Informatics
6 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) Process Management
7 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.71%) Order Management
7 3 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
7 3 (10.71%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
1 2 (7.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) SAP