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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 524 549
Rank change year-on-year -131 +25 +63
Contract jobs citing Hudson 27 16 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.049% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.43% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 11
10th Percentile £445 £375 £363
25th Percentile £475 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% +18.52%
75th Percentile £663 £559 £453
90th Percentile £675 £618 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% +18.52%

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 6,305 4,948 5,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.55% 15.23% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,030 3,327 3,222
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £414 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 108 176
10th Percentile £24.08 £29.00 £28.62
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £51.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.90 £73.88
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 22 September 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 13 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 22 September 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
UK excluding London -93 21 £550 +10.00% 5
England -132 19 £525 +5.00% 10
Midlands - 10 £575 - 2
Work from Home -60 9 £600 +20.00% 2
East Midlands - 7 £600 - 2
North of England -67 6 £500 +25.00% 2
North West -52 3 £500 +25.00%
West Midlands - 3 £550 -
South East - 2 £575 -
Yorkshire - 2 £500 - 2
Scotland - 2 £638 - 1
North East - 1 £500 -
South West - 1 £550 -

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 (3.70%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 10 (37.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (11.11%) SAP ERP
3 2 (7.41%) SAP FI
3 2 (7.41%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (3.70%) SAP Business One
4 1 (3.70%) SAP CO
4 1 (3.70%) SAP CRM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP CX
4 1 (3.70%) SAP EWM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.70%) SAP GRC
4 1 (3.70%) SAP Retail
4 1 (3.70%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 5 (18.52%) Retail
5 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.41%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.70%) Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Architect
3 5 (18.52%) SAP Architect
3 5 (18.52%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Developer
4 4 (14.81%) IFS Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) SAP Developer
4 4 (14.81%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.41%) ERP Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
5 2 (7.41%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.70%) ERP Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Integration Developer
6 1 (3.70%) PMO Administrator
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Business One Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) Middleware
1 3 (11.11%) REST
1 3 (11.11%) SOAP
2 2 (7.41%) IDoc
2 2 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (7.41%) SAPUI5
3 1 (3.70%) JDBC
3 1 (3.70%) Node.js
3 1 (3.70%) SAP ALE
3 1 (3.70%) SAP PI
3 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Public Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.41%) FMCG
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (48.15%) ERP
3 9 (33.33%) Migration
4 7 (25.93%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (18.52%) Data Migration
6 5 (18.52%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) Logistics
6 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
8 3 (11.11%) Order to Cash
8 3 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (7.41%) Data Integration
9 2 (7.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 2 (7.41%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) ABAP
2 2 (7.41%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) AAT
1 1 (3.70%) ACCA
1 1 (3.70%) CIMA
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
1 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) GRC
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) SAP
2 8 (29.63%) IFS
3 2 (7.41%) Concur