Toad Contract Job Trends

Quest Toad
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Toad skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 542 612
Rank change year-on-year -20 +70 +148
Contract jobs citing Toad 12 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.027% 0.026%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile £358 £310 £349
25th Percentile £359 £325 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £350 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -41.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £434 £375 £632
90th Percentile £459 £390 £641
UK excluding London median daily rate £360 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% -12.20%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Toad falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,451 4,797 6,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.35% 13.16% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,754 3,002 4,201
10th Percentile £329 £348 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.26%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £501
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.60% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 133 239
10th Percentile £23.44 £24.93 £45.88
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.25 £50.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £69.38 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.35 £89.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Toad
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Toad job vacancy trend in the UK

Toad
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Toad
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Toad
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Toad within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England -42 11 £368 +5.00% 7
UK excluding London -38 7 £360 -10.00% 2
South East +2 5 £368 -8.13% 1
London -2 5 £445 +48.33% 7
West Midlands - 4 £359 -
Midlands - 4 £359 -
Work from Home +10 2 £360 - 3
Scotland - 1 - -

Toad
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) SAP Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) SAP Test Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Tester
4 1 (8.33%) DB2 Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) DB2 DBA
4 1 (8.33%) DBA
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Software Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Test Scripting
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Functional Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
1 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 4 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle
2 6 (50.00%) SAP
3 4 (33.33%) Avaloq
3 4 (33.33%) webMethods
4 2 (16.67%) Ariba
5 1 (8.33%) BMC
5 1 (8.33%) IBM
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft