ION Trading
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of ION Trading products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ION Trading over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ION Trading.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 487 | 518 | 557 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +31 | +39 | +126 |
| Contract jobs citing ION Trading | 33 | 64 | 161 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.24% | 0.35% | 0.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 58 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £600 | £718 | £538 |
| 25th Percentile | £700 | £775 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £850 | £800 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +14.29% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £875 | £900 | £850 |
| 90th Percentile | £915 | £941 | £871 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £500 | - |
All Vendors
UK
ION Trading falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 13,893 | 18,473 | 25,523 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 47.46% | 42.41% | 42.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,711 | 11,449 | 17,111 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £263 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £517 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.39% | -1.52% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £628 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £738 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +7.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 573 | 1,101 | 689 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.84 | £12.13 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.61 | £14.48 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.45 | £22.30 | £43.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.61% | -49.03% | +108.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.00 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £70.00 | £75.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.18 | £21.46 | £38.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.67% | -44.26% | +106.79% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing ION Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ION Trading.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ION Trading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ION Trading.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ION Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 | +26 | 32 | £850 | +6.25% | 36 |
| London | +7 | 31 | £850 | +6.25% | 33 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 17 | £850 | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: