Contactless Contracts

Contactless
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Contactless in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contactless over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 583 702
Rank change year-on-year +64 +119 +150
Contract jobs citing Contactless 1 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.034% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.010% 0.11% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 4
10th Percentile - £408 £424
25th Percentile - £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -
75th Percentile - £570 £477
90th Percentile - £675 £524
UK excluding London median daily rate - £475 £425
% change year-on-year - +11.76% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Contactless 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 9,962 13,233 19,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.95% 30.42% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,356 8,492 13,629
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £657 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 913 637
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.94 £60.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £82.85 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%

Contactless
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Contactless in the UK

Contactless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contactless in the UK

Contactless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Contactless in the UK

Contactless
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contactless within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Work from Home +37 1 - - 9

Contactless
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 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis