IT4IT Contract Job Trends

IT4IT
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IT4IT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 558 631
Rank change year-on-year +28 +73 +189
Contract jobs citing IT4IT 30 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.011% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.012% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 3 7
10th Percentile - £485 -
25th Percentile £519 £491 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% 0.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £502
90th Percentile £600 £500 £577
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% 0.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT4IT falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,999 32,142 42,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 86.05% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,633 19,314 29,035
10th Percentile £295 £310 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,923 1,210 1,604
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.08 £39.59 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -36.66% -9.82% +35.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.19 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.53% -8.57% +62.16%

IT4IT
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT4IT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IT4IT job vacancy trend in the UK

IT4IT
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IT4IT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IT4IT

IT4IT
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT4IT within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 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 +37 29 £538 +7.50% 1
UK excluding London +8 29 £538 +7.50% 1
South East - 29 £538 - 1
Work from Home +36 25 £538 +7.50%

IT4IT
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (100.00%) Architect
2 29 (96.67%) Service Architect
3 1 (3.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) ITIL
1 29 (96.67%) Service Design
1 29 (96.67%) Service Management
2 25 (83.33%) Project Delivery
3 4 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (3.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (3.33%) Application Security
4 1 (3.33%) Migration
4 1 (3.33%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (3.33%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 29 (96.67%) Security Cleared
2 25 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (96.67%) ISO/IEC 20000