Social Housing Contracts

Social Housing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 538 655
Rank change year-on-year +10 +117 +192
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 23 26 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.067% 0.019%
As % of the General category 0.11% 0.12% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 7
10th Percentile £321 £300 £255
25th Percentile £354 £406 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £440 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +25.71% -16.67%
75th Percentile £484 £500 £463
90th Percentile £573 £635 £549
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -7.69%

All General Skills
UK

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,043 22,224 30,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.48% 57.36% 59.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,057 13,972 20,959
10th Percentile £275 £290 £311
25th Percentile £400 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,152 1,349 1,036
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.06 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.23 £17.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%
75th Percentile £50.75 £58.49 £58.75
90th Percentile £71.48 £70.04 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £38.12 £25.00
% change year-on-year -41.92% +52.48% +25.00%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Housing.

Daily rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Housing.

Hourly rate trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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 +16 18 £423 -3.37% 64
Work from Home +33 12 £450 -8.16% 26
UK excluding London +4 12 £375 -16.67% 48
North West -3 5 £350 +84.21% 10
North of England -9 5 £350 +23.89% 18
London +10 4 £435 +2.42% 17
South West +26 2 £400 -11.02% 1
East Midlands -2 2 £750 +41.51% 7
Midlands -10 2 £750 +80.72% 13
South East - 2 - - 10
East of England - 1 £375 - 5

Social Housing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) CMS
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.35%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (4.35%) Azure WebJobs
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) MPLS
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) MS Access
2 1 (4.35%) Power Query
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Local Government
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Retail
4 2 (8.70%) Swedish Language
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) SOC Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Head of Digital
4 2 (8.70%) Head of E-Commerce
4 2 (8.70%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) CRM Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Information Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.35%) Bootstrap
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Housing Association
2 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
1 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
2 5 (21.74%) Housing Management
2 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) Agile
3 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
3 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.04%) B2C
4 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.70%) Business Case
5 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
5 2 (8.70%) Data Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Microservices
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) C#
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) IIBA
1 1 (4.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) GRC
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Civica
2 2 (8.70%) NEC
2 2 (8.70%) Northgate
2 2 (8.70%) Orchard
3 1 (4.35%) Aareon
3 1 (4.35%) Capita
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.35%) Meraki
3 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds