N-Tier
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited N-Tier over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 502 | 592 | 688 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +90 | +96 | +96 |
| Contract jobs citing N-Tier | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.058% | 0.018% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.17% | 0.060% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £466 | £404 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £466 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £552 | £575 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +19.79% | -1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £659 | £509 |
| 90th Percentile | £685 | £676 | £593 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £675 | £420 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.63% | +60.71% | -6.67% |
All Generic Skills
UK
N-Tier falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,915 | 13,252 | 19,898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.91% | 30.40% | 33.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,331 | 8,505 | 13,670 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £263 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.42% | -2.18% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £660 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £496 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.90% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 394 | 910 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.66 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.99 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.93 | £27.75 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.46% | +26.14% | +9.64% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing N-Tier over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing N-Tier.
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Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 | +77 | 15 | £552 | - | 25 |
| London | +47 | 13 | £565 | - | 16 |
| Work from Home | +50 | 4 | £475 | -17.39% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +54 | 3 | £475 | -29.63% | 10 |
| South East | - | 2 | £496 | - | 2 |
| Scotland | +7 | 1 | £400 | -40.74% | 1 |
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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:
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