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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 535 574
Rank change year-on-year -39 +39 +148
Contract jobs citing Hudson 20 12 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.033% 0.062%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.36% 0.25% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 22
10th Percentile £280 - £166
25th Percentile £375 £156 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £250
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +50.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £625 £425 £427
90th Percentile - £460 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £375 £338
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% +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 5,515 4,755 5,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.13% 13.21% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,820 2,972 4,091
10th Percentile £331 £340 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £542
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.36% -2.43%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £514
% change year-on-year -2.06% -5.69% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 116 223
10th Percentile £30.40 £36.90 £45.88
25th Percentile £50.75 £49.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.04 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £89.75
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 6 December 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 10 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 6 December 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 -8 18 £525 +40.00% 1
UK excluding London -44 14 £525 +40.00% 1
Work from Home +7 8 £525 -
East of England - 8 £575 -
London - 5 £328 -
North West -26 4 £450 +80.00% 1
North of England -48 4 £450 +80.00% 1
West Midlands -27 1 £550 +37.50%
Midlands -37 1 £550 +37.50%
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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (15.00%) Git
1 3 (15.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
1 3 (15.00%) Subversion
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Consultant
1 10 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix Technical Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
2 2 (10.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Developer in Test
3 1 (5.00%) IT Support
3 1 (5.00%) SAP CO Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Gherkin
1 3 (15.00%) Node.js
1 3 (15.00%) React
2 2 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Credit Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
2 4 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) API Testing
3 3 (15.00%) BDD
3 3 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (15.00%) Defect Management
3 3 (15.00%) ERP
3 3 (15.00%) Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Open Source
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) QA Automation
3 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (15.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (15.00%) TDD
3 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Java
1 3 (15.00%) Python
1 3 (15.00%) Ruby
2 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) IFS
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Murex
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Sybase