The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HDFS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HDFS over the 6 months to 23 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
HDFS is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
7,845
8,717
14,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
14.50%
15.52%
15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted
5,411
5,869
9,824
10th Percentile
£235
£168
£180
25th Percentile
£375
£325
£350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£483
£450
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+7.22%
-5.26%
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£575
£563
£575
90th Percentile
£650
£638
£638
UK excluding London median daily rate
£415
£425
£425
% change year-on-year
-2.35%
-
+6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted
284
475
645
10th Percentile
£11.63
£11.26
£10.92
25th Percentile
£13.91
£13.45
£12.76
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£17.00
£16.00
Median % change year-on-year
+17.65%
+6.25%
+0.88%
75th Percentile
£47.81
£22.63
£25.67
90th Percentile
£60.18
£47.83
£47.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£17.93
£16.50
£15.37
% change year-on-year
+8.68%
+7.35%
+2.47%
HDFS Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing HDFS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
HDFS Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HDFS.
HDFS Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HDFS over the 6 months to 23 April 2021.
HDFS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HDFS.
HDFS Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HDFS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 23 April 2021, IT contractor jobs citing HDFS also mentioned the following skills 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 HDFS.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
