Distributed Ledger Contract Job Trends

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT, Shared Ledger)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Distributed Ledger skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 519 555
Rank change year-on-year -103 +36 +142
Contract jobs citing Distributed Ledger 6 3 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.010% 0.059%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.17% 0.12% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 18
10th Percentile £427 - £625
25th Percentile £430 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.75%
75th Percentile £514 - £778
90th Percentile £518 - £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Distributed Ledger falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,433 2,417 3,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.04% 8.46% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,936 1,375 1,830
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 54 117
10th Percentile £26.30 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £36.90 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.64 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.60 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

Distributed Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Ledger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Distributed Ledger job vacancy trend in the UK

Distributed Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger

Distributed Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger

Distributed Ledger
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Ledger within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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 -119 6 £475 - 3
London -66 4 £441 - 3
Work from Home -41 3 £503 -
UK excluding London -111 2 £503 -
South East - 2 £503 -

Distributed Ledger
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Ethereum
1 3 (50.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) R3 Corda
2 1 (16.67%) Quorum
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Publishing
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Blockchain Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (50.00%) Node.js
2 3 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (50.00%) Spring
2 3 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Microservices
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) API Design
2 3 (50.00%) API Development
2 3 (50.00%) Backends for Frontends
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
2 3 (50.00%) Fund Accounting
2 3 (50.00%) High Availability
2 3 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (50.00%) Observability
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Identity
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle