City & Guilds Contract Job Trends

City & Guilds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 571 647
Rank change year-on-year +17 +76 +202
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 7 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.005% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.069% 0.018% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £419
25th Percentile £313 - £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £311 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% -30.93% +55.84%
75th Percentile £363 - £466
90th Percentile £378 - £471
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £311 -
% change year-on-year +4.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £23.11 - -
25th Percentile £23.63 - -
Median hourly rate £25.17 £24.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £27.29 - -
90th Percentile £28.17 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.84 £24.00 -
% change year-on-year -4.83% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

City & Guilds falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,195 11,306 14,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.17% 29.50% 27.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,320 7,060 9,124
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 804 698 705
10th Percentile £18.04 £15.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.94 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% -10.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £49.06 £67.95 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.39 £75.66 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £51.70
% change year-on-year -52.10% +1.56% +14.88%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing City & Guilds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for City & Guilds in the UK

City & Guilds
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing City & Guilds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing City & Guilds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing City & Guilds within the UK over the 6 months to 6 September 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
UK excluding London +5 6 £325 +4.57% 26
Scotland - 4 £325 -
England -2 2 - - 34
South West - 2 - - 2

City & Guilds
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 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 4G
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Police
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) ICT Trainer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Trainer
3 1 (14.29%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Process Management
2 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) HNC
2 3 (42.86%) HND
2 3 (42.86%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Nokia
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens