Insightful S-PLUS
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring S-PLUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 563 | 557 | 629 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | +72 | - |
| Contract jobs citing S-PLUS | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Applications category | 0.036% | 0.039% | 0.027% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Software Application Skills
UK
S-PLUS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills | 2,804 | 2,540 | 3,723 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.37% | 6.82% | 7.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,580 | 1,449 | 2,362 |
| 10th Percentile | £188 | £164 | £170 |
| 25th Percentile | £295 | £250 | £250 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £400 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -5.88% | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £535 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £375 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | - | -1.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 374 | 237 | 289 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.16 | £14.94 | £14.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.40 | £15.62 | £16.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.74 | £21.50 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.74% | -14.00% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.75 | £36.75 | £43.86 |
| 90th Percentile | £57.80 | £58.52 | £52.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.32 | £18.88 | £22.53 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.23% | -16.22% | +4.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing S-PLUS 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 S-PLUS.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing S-PLUS.
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Top 1 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing S-PLUS within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 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 | +4 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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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:
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