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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 511 568
Rank change year-on-year -82 +57 +78
Contract jobs citing Hudson 40 14 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.048% 0.051%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.69% 0.34% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 13 22
10th Percentile £425 £188 £213
25th Percentile £450 £358 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +6.25% -10.61%
75th Percentile £625 £519 £425
90th Percentile £668 £525 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +23.53% +6.25% +77.78%

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 5,825 4,174 5,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.19% 14.20% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,825 2,787 3,434
10th Percentile £348 £340 £353
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £704 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 72 202
10th Percentile £36.55 £26.19 £33.20
25th Percentile £59.19 £47.88 £46.38
Median hourly rate £66.75 £60.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.79% -7.31% +5.69%
75th Percentile £73.19 £74.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.67 £79.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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 10 May 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 14 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 10 May 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 -99 31 £525 +23.53% 1
UK excluding London -80 27 £525 +23.53% 1
Work from Home -32 14 £588 +28.77%
North of England -57 10 £500 +39.66% 1
Midlands - 9 £525 -
North West -37 8 £513 +43.16% 1
London -52 5 £588 +42.42%
East Midlands - 5 £500 -
East of England -32 4 £600 +20.00%
West Midlands - 4 £538 -
South East - 3 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
North East - 1 £500 -
Scotland - 1 £650 -

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 (2.50%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 11 (27.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Business One
3 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.50%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.50%) SAP PP-PI
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
3 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.50%) Boomi
3 1 (2.50%) GitHub
3 1 (2.50%) iPaaS
3 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SAP HANA
2 2 (5.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.50%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.50%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (7.50%) Cucumber
2 3 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.00%) Git
3 2 (5.00%) Subversion
4 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (2.50%) JMeter
4 1 (2.50%) Selenium
4 1 (2.50%) Serenity BDD
General
1 18 (45.00%) Finance
2 13 (32.50%) Manufacturing
3 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Consultant
2 11 (27.50%) IFS Consultant
3 7 (17.50%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (15.00%) Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Architect
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Developer
6 3 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Developer in Test
7 2 (5.00%) ERP Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Programme Manager
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Support
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.50%) Analytics Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Lead
8 1 (2.50%) Sales Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) REST
2 3 (7.50%) Middleware
2 3 (7.50%) Node.js
2 3 (7.50%) SOAP
2 3 (7.50%) XML
3 2 (5.00%) Gherkin
3 2 (5.00%) React
3 2 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (5.00%) Web Services
4 1 (2.50%) JSON
4 1 (2.50%) SAP Basis
4 1 (2.50%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) FMCG
2 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.00%) Life Science
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) ERP
2 15 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (25.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.50%) Data Migration
4 7 (17.50%) Logistics
5 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (10.00%) Agile
6 4 (10.00%) Change Management
6 4 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (7.50%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (7.50%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (7.50%) Service Management
7 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.50%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (7.50%) Test Automation
7 3 (7.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 4 (10.00%) Java
4 2 (5.00%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) Ruby
5 1 (2.50%) ABAP
5 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (2.50%) Degree
1 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.50%) MBA
1 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) PMO
1 2 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 20 (50.00%) SAP
2 16 (40.00%) IFS
3 1 (2.50%) Dell
3 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) Sybase