Chip and PIN Contracts

Chip and PIN
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Chip and PIN over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 570 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.005% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.009% 0.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Chip and PIN 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 11,372 12,289 17,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.67% 30.61% 32.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,986 7,893 12,169
10th Percentile £303 £300 £305
25th Percentile £406 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £813 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 692 446
10th Percentile £15.10 £12.25 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.70 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.68% +31.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £41.50 £45.85
% change year-on-year -27.71% -9.49% +113.26%

Chip and PIN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Chip and PIN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chip and PIN in the UK

Chip and PIN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chip and PIN.

Daily rate trend for Chip and PIN in the UK

Chip and PIN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Chip and PIN.

Hourly rate trend for Chip and PIN in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chip and PIN within the UK over the 6 months to 28 July 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 +36 1 £171 - 6
UK excluding London +25 1 £171 - 5
South West - 1 £171 - 1

Chip and PIN
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft