SideFX Houdini
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Houdini skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 602 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +198 |
| Contract jobs citing Houdini | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | - | - | 0.013% |
| As % of the Applications category | - | - | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £266 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £272 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £313 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £397 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £504 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £288 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.36% |
All Software Application Skills
UK
Houdini falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills | 2,960 | 2,522 | 3,609 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.16% | 7.06% | 7.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,708 | 1,464 | 2,216 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £164 | £164 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £250 | £231 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £403 | £408 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.94% | -1.33% | -8.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £638 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £418 | £365 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.38% | +1.39% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 372 | 237 | 284 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £15.24 | £14.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.33 | £15.62 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | £24.19 | £26.37 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.12% | -8.27% | +5.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £43.75 | £45.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.91 | £24.18 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.66% | -7.00% | +5.61% |
Houdini
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Houdini relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Houdini
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Houdini.
