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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 530 | 538 | 643 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +105 | +139 |
| Contract jobs citing N-Tier | 23 | 10 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.070% | 0.026% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.20% | 0.085% | 0.077% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £430 | £369 | £404 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £403 | £483 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +6.60% | -17.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £583 | £656 | £820 |
| 90th Percentile | £628 | £810 | £865 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £544 | £538 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.12% | +10.82% | +7.78% |
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 | 11,593 | 11,800 | 16,963 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 35.17% | 30.31% | 32.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,113 | 7,560 | 11,737 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £300 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £425 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £766 | £825 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 566 | 602 | 400 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.05 | £12.39 | £16.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £18.35 | £20.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.50 | £45.00 | £40.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.44% | +12.04% | +51.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £67.29 | £65.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.10 | £75.00 | £79.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £29.33 | £46.25 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.58% | +13.94% | +88.79% |
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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 14 August 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 9 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 14 August 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 | +26 | 19 | £554 | +5.52% | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +16 | 12 | £544 | +1.12% | 11 |
| London | +24 | 9 | £550 | +4.76% | 7 |
| North of England | - | 9 | £575 | - | 8 |
| Work from Home | +23 | 6 | £475 | -9.52% | 6 |
| North West | - | 6 | £575 | - | 7 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | -12 | 2 | £413 | -38.89% | |
| South East | +24 | 1 | £517 | +29.25% | 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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