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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 514 582
Rank change year-on-year -68 +68 +118
Contract jobs citing Hudson 18 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.036% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.32% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 15
10th Percentile £310 £156 £159
25th Percentile £481 £195 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £369 £225
Median % change year-on-year +49.15% +63.89% -41.94%
75th Percentile £625 £434 £323
90th Percentile - £468 £398
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £331 £338
% change year-on-year +62.26% -1.85% +31.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.50

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 5,611 4,180 5,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.83% 13.63% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,836 2,661 3,710
10th Percentile £340 £331 £362
25th Percentile £405 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £630
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 65 218
10th Percentile £29.50 £25.65 £39.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.00 £48.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.60 £79.39 £85.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 18 February 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 11 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 18 February 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 -71 16 £550 +49.15% 3
UK excluding London -69 12 £538 +62.26% 1
Work from Home -18 7 £550 +33.33% 3
East of England - 7 £600 -
London -32 5 £328 -20.44% 2
Midlands -54 3 £550 +15.79%
West Midlands -48 2 £550 +15.79%
North West -33 1 £525 +115.38%
North of England -61 1 £525 +115.38%
East Midlands - 1 £525 -
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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) SAP CO
2 1 (5.56%) SAP FI
2 1 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (5.56%) SAP PP
2 1 (5.56%) SAP PP-PI
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Database
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Cucumber
1 3 (16.67%) Git
1 3 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
1 3 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
4 3 (16.67%) General Ledger
4 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Consultant
2 9 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IFS Developer
4 2 (11.11%) QA Automation Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) QA Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Developer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Developer in Test
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) SAP CO Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) SAP Implementation Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Gherkin
1 3 (16.67%) Node.js
1 3 (16.67%) React
1 3 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Life Science
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Workshop Facilitation
2 5 (27.78%) ERP
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (16.67%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (16.67%) API Testing
4 3 (16.67%) BDD
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 3 (16.67%) Open Source
4 3 (16.67%) QA Automation
4 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) Ruby
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) IFS
2 4 (22.22%) SAP
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle
4 2 (11.11%) Sybase
5 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow