LabVIEW Contracts

NI LabVIEW
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring LabVIEW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LabVIEW over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 563 710
Rank change year-on-year +51 +147 +130
Contract jobs citing LabVIEW 8 19 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.044% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 0.37% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -27.88% +9.47%
75th Percentile - £388 £553
90th Percentile - - £566
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 £520
% change year-on-year - -27.88% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 3
10th Percentile £50.60 £35.00 £39.12
25th Percentile £51.50 £41.88 £47.23
Median hourly rate £53.50 £59.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -4.07% +40.57%
75th Percentile £58.13 £65.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £59.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.50 £59.00 £36.31
% change year-on-year -9.32% +62.51% -19.32%

All Development Application Skills
UK

LabVIEW 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 4,103 5,181 9,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.02% 11.89% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,744 3,477 6,339
10th Percentile £340 £356 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £717 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 197 246
10th Percentile £26.92 £32.48 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.53 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £81.60 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%

LabVIEW
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LabVIEW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LabVIEW in the UK

LabVIEW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LabVIEW.

Daily rate trend for LabVIEW in the UK

LabVIEW
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LabVIEW.

Hourly rate trend for LabVIEW in the UK

LabVIEW
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LabVIEW 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
UK excluding London +52 8 - - 69
England +44 4 - - 68
Scotland +15 4 - - 4
South East +33 1 - - 15
East of England +30 1 - - 12
Midlands - 1 - - 22
North East - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 8
West Midlands - 1 - - 11

LabVIEW
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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) LabWindows
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
3 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Development Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Test Development Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) FPGA
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (25.00%) Line Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Mentor Graphics
2 2 (25.00%) Atlassian