Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CBDC in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CBDC over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 577 | 696 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +119 | - |
| Contract jobs citing CBDC | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.021% | 0.003% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.069% | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £725 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Generic Skills
UK
CBDC 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 | 9,854 | 13,039 | 19,380 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.92% | 30.32% | 33.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,260 | 8,397 | 13,304 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £269 | £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 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 399 | 904 | 636 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.61 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.70 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £61.30 | £63.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.20 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.39 | £29.25 | £21.88 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.90% | +33.71% | +4.17% |
CBDC
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CBDC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CBDC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CBDC.