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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 576 | 560 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -16 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing S-PLUS | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.003% | 0.003% | - |
| As % of the Applications category | 0.034% | 0.039% | - |
| 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 | 2,985 | 2,561 | 3,572 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.18% | 7.09% | 7.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,724 | 1,488 | 2,195 |
| 10th Percentile | £192 | £165 | £164 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £254 | £231 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £403 | £412 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.94% | -2.15% | -7.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £640 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £420 | £372 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.06% | +3.19% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 371 | 240 | 282 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £15.26 | £14.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.36 | £15.62 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.27 | £24.09 | £26.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.58% | -8.23% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £42.81 | £45.16 |
| 90th Percentile | £56.75 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £20.02 | £23.11 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.37% | -11.12% | +4.88% |
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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 5 December 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 | -33 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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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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