Sphinx Contract Job Trends

Sphinx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Sphinx skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 588
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sphinx 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - - 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £218
75th Percentile - - £226
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Sphinx falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,260 6,962 9,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.34% 22.03% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,479 4,427 6,488
10th Percentile £356 £353 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 83 168
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.40 £28.28
25th Percentile £45.50 £34.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +14.62% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year - +14.62% -16.11%

Sphinx
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sphinx job vacancy trend in the UK

Sphinx
Daily Rate Trend

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

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