Multithreaded Programming Contract Job Trends

Multithreaded Programming/Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Multithreaded Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 520 593
Rank change year-on-year -40 +73 +41
Contract jobs citing Multithreaded Programming 22 23 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.064% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.074% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 15
10th Percentile - £423 £485
25th Percentile £463 £475 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -23.08% -18.75%
75th Percentile £720 £525 £675
90th Percentile £896 - £779
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Multithreaded Programming 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 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

Multithreaded Programming
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Multithreaded Programming job vacancy trend in the UK

Multithreaded Programming
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multithreaded Programming

Multithreaded Programming
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multithreaded Programming over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Multithreaded Programming in the UK

Multithreaded Programming
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multithreaded Programming.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multithreaded Programming

Multithreaded Programming
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multithreaded Programming within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -33 21 £475 -5.00% 3
London +6 13 £819 +90.13% 3
Work from Home - 9 £800 -
South East -19 8 £475 -5.00% 2
UK excluding London -51 8 £475 -5.00% 5

Multithreaded Programming
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Aladdin
1 4 (18.18%) Fidessa
1 4 (18.18%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 4 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
1 4 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
1 4 (18.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) NFC
1 6 (27.27%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Eclipse
1 6 (27.27%) Valgrind
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Banking
2 7 (31.82%) Investment Banking
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Front Office
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) Senior
3 6 (27.27%) Applications Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Development Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Linux Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Development Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Software Development Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Java Developer
5 4 (18.18%) .NET Architect
5 4 (18.18%) Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Qualitative Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Quantitative Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (45.45%) REST
2 8 (36.36%) XML
3 6 (27.27%) JSON
3 6 (27.27%) Web Services
4 4 (18.18%) .NET
4 4 (18.18%) .NET Core
4 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
4 4 (18.18%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (18.18%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (18.18%) RESTful
4 4 (18.18%) Spring
5 2 (9.09%) XSLT
6 1 (4.55%) Apache Avro
6 1 (4.55%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Derivative
2 6 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (27.27%) Smartcard
3 5 (22.73%) Algorithms
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Native
4 4 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (18.18%) Fixed Income
4 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
5 3 (13.64%) EMV
5 3 (13.64%) Hedge funds
5 3 (13.64%) Java Card
5 3 (13.64%) Mobile App
6 2 (9.09%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (4.55%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Linux
1 6 (27.27%) Ubuntu
2 3 (13.64%) Android
2 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 13 (59.09%) Agile
3 9 (40.91%) Cryptography
3 9 (40.91%) Software Engineering
4 8 (36.36%) Design Patterns
5 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (27.27%) Front End Development
6 6 (27.27%) Low Latency
6 6 (27.27%) Memory Management
6 6 (27.27%) OO
6 6 (27.27%) OOD
6 6 (27.27%) Order Management
6 6 (27.27%) User Experience
7 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
8 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 4 (18.18%) DevOps
8 4 (18.18%) Functional Programming
8 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (18.18%) Microservices
8 4 (18.18%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) Java
2 12 (54.55%) C#
3 9 (40.91%) C++
4 7 (31.82%) Python
5 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 5 (22.73%) SQL
7 2 (9.09%) VBA
7 2 (9.09%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) MiFID
2 2 (9.09%) EMIR
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) ION Trading
1 4 (18.18%) Portware
2 3 (13.64%) Bloomberg
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Tradeweb
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle