Hudson Contract Job Trends

Hudson (HudsonCI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Hudson skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 547 604
Rank change year-on-year -7 +57 +152
Contract jobs citing Hudson 16 11 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.030% 0.062%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.30% 0.23% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 23
10th Percentile £258 £270 £169
25th Percentile £375 £323 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £300
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +29.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £556 £427 £422
90th Percentile £615 £474 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £388 £338
% change year-on-year +29.03% +14.81% +35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.81
25th Percentile - - £50.16
Median hourly rate - - £82.81
75th Percentile - - £88.28
90th Percentile - - £89.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - -80.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Hudson falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,345 4,801 6,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.46% 13.15% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,672 3,011 4,213
10th Percentile £328 £348 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -4.41% -1.98%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £681 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £507
% change year-on-year -2.56% -3.89% -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 137 237
10th Percentile £20.03 £25.12 £45.37
25th Percentile £48.75 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £78.00 £74.00 £87.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Hudson
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Hudson job vacancy trend in the UK

Hudson
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Hudson
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hudson over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hudson in the UK

Hudson
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hudson.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hudson

Hudson
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hudson within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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 -1 13 £500 +29.03% 14
UK excluding London -33 12 £500 +29.03% 15
Work from Home +10 10 £500 - 7
East of England - 7 £525 - 4
North West -28 4 £400 +14.29% 4
North of England -43 4 £400 +14.29% 5
London - 2 £56 - 4
Scotland - 1 £225 - 3

Hudson
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) NetScaler
2 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Subversion
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) General Ledger
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Billing
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Consultant
1 8 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix Technical Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) IFS Developer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Validation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Gherkin
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Credit Derivative
1 1 (6.25%) Derivative
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (18.75%) Accounts Receivable
3 3 (18.75%) IT Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Business Case
5 1 (6.25%) Data Management
5 1 (6.25%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (6.25%) TDD
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Discovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) IFS
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Murex
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) Sybase