Hackathon Contract Job Trends

Hackathon
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hackathon in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hackathon over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 553 648
Rank change year-on-year -20 +95 +160
Contract jobs citing Hackathon 1 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.030% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.008% 0.097% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £484 £710
25th Percentile £145 £516 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £575 £775
Median % change year-on-year -72.17% -25.81% +40.91%
75th Percentile £175 £628 £800
90th Percentile - £656 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £160 £575 -
% change year-on-year -72.17% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Hackathon 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 12,038 11,363 15,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 30.74% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,396 6,758 10,399
10th Percentile £286 £275 £299
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 371 480
10th Percentile £13.67 £17.08 £16.83
25th Percentile £18.11 £23.30 £21.00
Median hourly rate £26.78 £45.00 £43.92
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% +2.46% +68.92%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £46.03
% change year-on-year -49.70% +8.62% +104.58%

Hackathon
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Hackathon job vacancy trend in the UK

Hackathon
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hackathon

Hackathon
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hackathon within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
South West +4 1 £160 -72.17% 3
England -11 1 £160 -72.17% 54
UK excluding London -30 1 £160 -72.17% 49

Hackathon
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree