SOTI Contract Job Trends

SOTI
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SOTI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOTI over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 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 SOTI, Inc.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 582 - 601
Rank change year-on-year - - +187
Contract jobs citing SOTI 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% - 0.009%
As % of the Vendors category 0.029% - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £254
25th Percentile - - £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £172 - £390
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.82%
75th Percentile - - £418
90th Percentile - - £467
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £390
% change year-on-year - - +95.00%

All Vendors
UK

SOTI 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 17,400 15,733 19,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.29% 45.73% 45.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,059 9,393 12,594
10th Percentile £293 £284 £252
25th Percentile £408 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 866 473 663
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.85
25th Percentile £18.00 £19.59 £19.88
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% -35.56% +75.03%
75th Percentile £44.69 £61.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.72% +100.00%

SOTI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SOTI job vacancy trend in the UK

SOTI
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SOTI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SOTI
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOTI within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
Scotland - 2 - - 2
UK excluding London - 2 - - 27

SOTI
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 5 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 5 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (60.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) A+ Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft