Raiser’s Edge Contract Job Trends

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Raiser’s Edge skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 536 594
Rank change year-on-year -112 +58 -
Contract jobs citing Raiser’s Edge 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.009% 0.005%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.11% 0.11% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.96 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Raiser’s Edge 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 3,726 2,638 3,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 8.29% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 1,489 1,858
10th Percentile £363 £384 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £671 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 65 122
10th Percentile £20.31 £20.19 £17.13
25th Percentile £30.07 £30.25 £22.43
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +43.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £72.50 £57.24
90th Percentile £89.63 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -26.38%

Raiser’s Edge
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Raiser’s Edge relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Raiser’s Edge job vacancy trend in the UK

Raiser’s Edge
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Raiser’s Edge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Raiser’s Edge

Raiser’s Edge
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Raiser’s Edge.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Raiser’s Edge

Raiser’s Edge
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 Raiser’s Edge within the UK over the 6 months to 7 July 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
England -103 4 £300 - 3
Work from Home -55 2 £300 - 2
London -79 2 £300 - 1
East of England - 2 - - 1
UK excluding London - 2 - - 3

Raiser’s Edge
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Blackbaud
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce