SmartStream Contract Job Trends

SmartStream
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SmartStream products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SmartStream over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SmartStream.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 550 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing SmartStream 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.003% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.024% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £580 - -
25th Percentile £591 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% - -
75th Percentile £634 £488 -
90th Percentile £636 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

SmartStream falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,484 16,398 21,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.61% 44.89% 45.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,325 9,657 13,517
10th Percentile £283 £296 £260
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £718 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 843 506 665
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.00 £19.76
Median hourly rate £25.08 £31.50 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -28.25% +75.60%
75th Percentile £40.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.92 £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £28.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -20.30% -34.50% +94.32%

SmartStream
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SmartStream relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SmartStream job vacancy trend in the UK

SmartStream
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmartStream.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmartStream

SmartStream
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmartStream.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmartStream

SmartStream
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SmartStream within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 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
London - 4 £620 - 9
England - 4 £620 - 14
Work from Home +14 1 £638 +34.32% 16

SmartStream
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Algo Collateral
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Collateral Management Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Collateral Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Test Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA