dSPACE TargetLink
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring TargetLink skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TargetLink over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 593 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing TargetLink | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.011% | - |
| As % of the Applications category | - | 0.15% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | - |
All Software Application Skills
UK
TargetLink 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 | 2,424 | 3,444 | 4,376 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.26% | 7.92% | 7.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,439 | 1,732 | 2,872 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £163 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £213 | £284 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £400 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.88% | -0.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £538 | £573 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £684 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £375 | £350 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -10.26% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 255 | 638 | 260 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £11.63 | £13.99 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.62 | £14.00 | £18.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.59 | £17.72 | £35.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.13% | -50.43% | +66.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £38.90 | £52.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.25 | £57.50 | £65.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £16.06 | £31.27 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.10% | -48.64% | +64.58% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing TargetLink as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TargetLink.