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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 495 575
Rank change year-on-year -111 +80 +115
Contract jobs citing Hudson 23 16 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.054% 0.043%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.39% 0.39% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 18
10th Percentile £246 £156 £176
25th Percentile £425 £316 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £285
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +40.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £603 £491 £398
90th Percentile £625 £555 £425
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £400 £331
% change year-on-year +28.13% +20.75% +35.90%
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 5,834 4,080 5,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 13.73% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,920 2,695 3,566
10th Percentile £343 £331 £356
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 £613 £627
90th Percentile £688 £725 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £500
% change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 68 200
10th Percentile £35.00 £23.76 £37.44
25th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £77.50 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £83.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% - +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 15 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 12 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 15 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 -97 19 £525 +31.25% 5
UK excluding London -77 14 £513 +28.13% 3
Work from Home -29 6 £538 +16.22% 4
London -42 6 £575 +39.39% 2
Midlands -52 6 £513 +7.89%
East of England -26 3 £600 +20.00%
North West -34 3 £525 +58.49% 2
West Midlands -62 3 £550 +15.79%
North of England -68 3 £525 +58.49% 3
East Midlands - 3 £500 -
South East - 1 £450 -
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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (26.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.35%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.35%) SAP PP-PI
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Boomi
2 1 (4.35%) GitHub
2 1 (4.35%) iPaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Cucumber
1 4 (17.39%) Jenkins
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Git
2 3 (13.04%) Subversion
3 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (4.35%) JMeter
3 1 (4.35%) Selenium
3 1 (4.35%) Serenity BDD
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) IFS Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Developer in Test
4 2 (8.70%) QA Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) QA Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IFS Developer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) SAP CO Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Programme Director
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Gherkin
1 3 (13.04%) Node.js
1 3 (13.04%) React
1 3 (13.04%) XML
2 2 (8.70%) Web Services
3 1 (4.35%) JSON
3 1 (4.35%) Middleware
3 1 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) ERP
2 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (17.39%) Data Migration
4 4 (17.39%) Logistics
4 4 (17.39%) Migration
4 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
5 3 (13.04%) API Testing
5 3 (13.04%) BDD
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Defect Management
5 3 (13.04%) Open Source
5 3 (13.04%) QA Automation
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (13.04%) TDD
5 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Java
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) PL/SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) Ruby
3 1 (4.35%) ABAP
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
1 1 (4.35%) MBA
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) IFS
1 9 (39.13%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Dell
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) Sybase