Heroku Contract Job Trends

Heroku
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Heroku skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 553 550
Rank change year-on-year -122 -3 +65
Contract jobs citing Heroku 4 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.024% 0.013%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.021% 0.063% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £430 £438 £385
25th Percentile £438 £458 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £620 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +37.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £463 £630 £463
90th Percentile £470 £717 £470
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £750 £450
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Heroku falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 19,166 12,732 12,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.81% 38.37% 34.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,750 8,498 8,518
10th Percentile £325 £307 £313
25th Percentile £425 £408 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £716 £712 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 650 296 175
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £17.44
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.86%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.75 £64.73
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year +50.00% -41.06% +50.80%

Heroku Job Vacancy Trend

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

Heroku job vacancy trend in the UK

Heroku Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Heroku 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 Heroku within the UK over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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
Work from Home -80 4 £450 -25.00% 5
UK excluding London -107 2 £450 -40.00% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £450 - 3

Heroku Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Bitbucket100.0%4
1Jenkins100.0%4