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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 510 571
Rank change year-on-year -90 +61 +101
Contract jobs citing Hudson 30 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.051% 0.043%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.51% 0.37% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 19
10th Percentile £325 £156 £206
25th Percentile £434 £316 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +33.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £606 £491 £425
90th Percentile £625 £555 £435
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +25.00% - +68.42%

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 5,875 4,072 5,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.19% 13.91% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,936 2,730 3,514
10th Percentile £343 £340 £358
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £606 £630
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 73 184
10th Percentile £39.53 £25.41 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £45.88
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +0.81% +0.81%
75th Percentile £76.75 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.59 £82.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%

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 29 March 2026.

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 13 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 29 March 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
England -93 25 £513 +28.13% 3
UK excluding London -89 21 £500 +25.00% 1
Work from Home -16 7 £550 +18.92% 3
North of England -65 7 £500 +50.94% 1
North West -43 6 £513 +54.72% 1
London -54 6 £575 +39.39% 2
Midlands -62 6 £513 +7.89%
East of England -29 4 £600 +20.00%
West Midlands -54 3 £550 +15.79%
East Midlands - 3 £500 -
Scotland - 2 £438 -
South East - 2 £475 -
North East - 1 £500 -

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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (26.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.33%) SAP Business One
2 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP PP
2 1 (3.33%) SAP PP-PI
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) Boomi
2 1 (3.33%) GitHub
2 1 (3.33%) iPaaS
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SAP HANA
2 2 (6.67%) SAP BW
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Cucumber
1 4 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) Subversion
3 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (3.33%) JMeter
3 1 (3.33%) Selenium
3 1 (3.33%) Serenity BDD
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (30.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Consultant
2 9 (30.00%) IFS Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Developer in Test
6 2 (6.67%) QA Automation Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) SAP Support
6 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (3.33%) ERP Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Implementation Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Programme Director
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Developer
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) Gherkin
1 3 (10.00%) Middleware
1 3 (10.00%) Node.js
1 3 (10.00%) React
1 3 (10.00%) XML
2 2 (6.67%) REST
2 2 (6.67%) Web Services
3 1 (3.33%) JSON
3 1 (3.33%) SAP Basis
3 1 (3.33%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (3.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.67%) FMCG
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) ERP
2 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (23.33%) Migration
4 5 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (13.33%) Logistics
5 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 3 (10.00%) API Testing
6 3 (10.00%) BDD
6 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.00%) Defect Management
6 3 (10.00%) Open Source
6 3 (10.00%) QA Automation
6 3 (10.00%) TDD
6 3 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) Java
2 4 (13.33%) PL/SQL
3 3 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) Ruby
4 1 (3.33%) ABAP
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.33%) Degree
1 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (3.33%) MBA
1 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) SAP
2 12 (40.00%) IFS
3 1 (3.33%) Dell
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Sybase