Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH) UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MACH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MACH over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
MACH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
7,403
8,633
12,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
22.53%
21.73%
22.39%
Number of daily rates quoted
5,009
5,883
8,695
10th Percentile
£350
£350
£375
25th Percentile
£413
£427
£456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£505
£550
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-8.18%
-
-2.22%
75th Percentile
£635
£665
£675
90th Percentile
£750
£800
£775
UK excluding London median daily rate
£470
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-6.00%
-
-2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted
163
248
153
10th Percentile
£30.05
£23.49
£31.60
25th Percentile
£40.75
£43.00
£46.18
Median hourly rate
£55.00
£55.00
£60.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-8.33%
+9.09%
75th Percentile
£67.00
£70.00
£73.75
90th Percentile
£79.74
£74.44
£78.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£57.50
£58.60
£58.55
% change year-on-year
-1.88%
+0.10%
+1.82%
MACH Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing MACH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
MACH Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MACH.
MACH Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MACH over the 6 months to 31 July 2025.
MACH Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MACH within the UK over the 6 months to 31 July 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
For the 6 months to 31 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing MACH also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for MACH.
MACH 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:
