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 8 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 558 623
Rank change year-on-year +6 +65 +211
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 6 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.003% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.057% 0.009% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £203
25th Percentile £313 - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £311 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% -26.87% +45.36%
75th Percentile £363 - £456
90th Percentile £378 - £468
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £311 £150
% change year-on-year +4.57% +107.20% -48.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £23.11 - -
25th Percentile £23.63 - -
Median hourly rate £25.17 - £20.00
75th Percentile £27.29 - -
90th Percentile £28.17 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.84 - -

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 10,539 11,093 13,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.88% 29.30% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,569 6,724 8,736
10th Percentile £283 £310 £325
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 592 730
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £16.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.47 £24.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.84 £53.68
Median % change year-on-year -47.43% -10.88% +19.29%
75th Percentile £42.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.17 £79.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.66% +15.33%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing City & Guilds relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

City & Guilds job vacancy trend 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 8 October 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 -3 5 £325 +4.57% 49
Scotland - 3 £325 - 1
South West - 2 - - 4
England - 2 - - 66

City & Guilds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) AutoCAD
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Police
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) ICT Trainer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Trainer
3 1 (16.67%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 2 (33.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) HNC
1 3 (50.00%) HND
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens