Prime Brokerage
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Prime Brokerage in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prime Brokerage over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 17 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 674 | 558 | 562 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -116 | +4 | +36 |
| Contract jobs citing Prime Brokerage | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.013% | 0.003% | 0.029% |
| As % of the General category | 0.023% | 0.005% | 0.050% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £555 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £578 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | - | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £753 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £51.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £52.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All General Skills
UK
Prime Brokerage falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills | 30,471 | 20,950 | 22,148 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 55.75% | 63.60% | 57.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,899 | 12,987 | 13,281 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £275 | £283 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,504 | 1,199 | 1,107 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £13.50 | £14.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.38 | £16.17 | £17.08 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.15 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.28% | -30.14% | +30.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £48.75 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.50 | £70.39 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.50 | £21.39 | £35.36 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.59% | -39.51% | +34.70% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Prime Brokerage relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Prime Brokerage.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Prime Brokerage.
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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 Prime Brokerage within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -89 | 5 | £535 | - | 37 |
| England | -123 | 5 | £535 | - | 38 |
| Work from Home | - | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| UK excluding London | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
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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: