Elite 3E Contract Job Trends

Thomson Reuters Elite 3E
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Elite 3E skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 549 615
Rank change year-on-year -13 +66 +192
Contract jobs citing Elite 3E 3 14 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.037% 0.057%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.10% 0.51% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 27
10th Percentile - £294 £210
25th Percentile £494 £334 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -7.02% -4.63%
75th Percentile £531 £509 £598
90th Percentile - £541 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Elite 3E 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 2,895 2,748 3,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.70% 7.31% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,652 1,466 2,028
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £666 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.38% -2.33% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 71 85
10th Percentile £13.40 £30.00 £28.25
25th Percentile £24.49 £35.18 £49.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -24.77% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.63 £61.60 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.90 £68.00 £90.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.16 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.29% -26.54% +41.23%

Elite 3E
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Elite 3E relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Elite 3E job vacancy trend in the UK

Elite 3E
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Elite 3E.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Elite 3E

Elite 3E
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Elite 3E.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Elite 3E

Elite 3E
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Elite 3E within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +12 2 £513 +13.89% 20
London +16 1 - - 17
Work from Home +14 1 - - 13
West Midlands -16 1 £513 +13.89%
Midlands -20 1 £513 +13.89%
UK excluding London -23 1 £513 +13.89% 10
North of England -23 1 £513 -2.38%
Yorkshire - 1 £513 -

Elite 3E
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Law
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Legal Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Practice Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Record to Report
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ACCA
1 1 (33.33%) CIMA
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (33.33%) Aderant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Tagetik
1 1 (33.33%) Workday