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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 548 603
Rank change year-on-year -4 +55 +131
Contract jobs citing Hudson 16 12 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.032% 0.065%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.31% 0.24% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 25
10th Percentile £345 £324 £163
25th Percentile £375 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £338
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +18.52% -
75th Percentile £556 £425 £413
90th Percentile £615 £450 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £338
% change year-on-year +25.00% +18.52% +50.00%
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 5,139 4,987 6,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.43% 13.31% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,475 3,116 4,456
10th Percentile £328 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £688 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £510
% change year-on-year -3.65% -3.33% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 166 245
10th Percentile £19.63 £32.16 £46.18
25th Percentile £44.94 £51.25 £51.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.56%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.75 £72.81 £90.00
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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +6 13 £500 +25.00% 3
UK excluding London -11 13 £500 +25.00% 3
Work from Home +24 11 £500 - 4
East of England - 8 £513 - 1
North West -21 4 £400 - 1
North of England -28 4 £400 - 2
London - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £225 -

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 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) NetScaler
2 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) General Ledger
3 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Consultant
1 9 (56.25%) 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%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Field Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) IFS Developer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
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 2 (12.50%) Web Services
1 2 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Credit Derivative
1 1 (6.25%) Derivative
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
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%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Data Repair
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) ETL
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Time Management
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) IFS
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (12.50%) Sybase
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco
5 1 (6.25%) Murex
5 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow