The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FlexPod in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FlexPod over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
FlexPod 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%
FlexPod Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing FlexPod as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
FlexPod Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FlexPod.
FlexPod Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing FlexPod also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for FlexPod.
FlexPod 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:
