Ideagen Q-Pulse
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Q-Pulse skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Q-Pulse over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 716 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +139 |
| Contract jobs citing Q-Pulse | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.003% |
| As % of the Business Applications category | - | - | 0.053% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -25.00% |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -25.00% |
All Business Application Skills
UK
Q-Pulse falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills | 2,404 | 3,235 | 3,808 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.21% | 7.43% | 6.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,348 | 1,884 | 2,189 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £463 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £565 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £794 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £529 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -0.66% | +0.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 112 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.27 | £14.71 | £21.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £38.58 | £21.25 | £29.21 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £43.75 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.14% | -7.89% | +35.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £59.94 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.00 | £65.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £43.75 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.14% | -10.71% | +108.29% |
Q-Pulse
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Q-Pulse as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Q-Pulse
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Q-Pulse.