Dask Contracts

Dask
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Dask skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dask over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 586 687
Rank change year-on-year +45 +101 +132
Contract jobs citing Dask 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.016% 0.012%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.041% 0.076% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £733 £444 £480
25th Percentile £763 £491 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year +53.49% +4.88% -29.31%
75th Percentile £838 £628 £738
90th Percentile - £794 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £525 £725
% change year-on-year - -27.59% +38.10%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Dask falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,380 9,225 12,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.56% 21.50% 22.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,985 6,312 9,278
10th Percentile £350 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £655 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 278 163
10th Percentile £29.23 £22.68 £30.15
25th Percentile £38.89 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.75 £55.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -14.06% +20.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £72.95 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £58.30 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.06% -2.83% +9.09%

Dask
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Dask in the UK

Dask
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Dask in the UK

Dask
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dask within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +40 3 £825 +50.00% 10
London +29 3 £825 +15.79% 8

Dask
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Gen AI Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) LangChain
1 3 (100.00%) NumPy
1 3 (100.00%) Pandas
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes