Graphite Contracts

Graphite
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Graphite skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphite over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 588 674
Rank change year-on-year +72 +86 +134
Contract jobs citing Graphite 1 2 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.005% 0.053%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.022% 0.039% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 26
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £650
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Graphite falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,603 5,102 9,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.78% 11.85% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,146 3,660 6,681
10th Percentile £313 £263 £356
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -8.44% -0.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £675
90th Percentile £719 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +1.21% -5.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 115 208
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.13 £17.72 £24.56
Median hourly rate £26.50 £25.77 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% -55.19% +152.75%
75th Percentile £51.75 £50.00 £70.56
90th Percentile £71.50 £71.25 £82.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.34 £27.50 £44.88
% change year-on-year -7.85% -38.72% +124.38%

Graphite
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphite in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Graphite in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphite within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +65 1 - - 4
UK excluding London +56 1 - - 8
South West - 1 - - 1

Graphite
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing