Black Duck Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Black Duck
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring knowledge or experience of Black Duck products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Black Duck over the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, 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 Black Duck Software.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Black Duck 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.045% - 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.096% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £475
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £560 £475
% change year-on-year -1.79% +17.89% -17.39%

All Vendors
Yorkshire

Black Duck 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 in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,040 418 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 47.27% 45.88% 48.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 264 515
10th Percentile £305 £225 £202
25th Percentile £400 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £568 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 16 38
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.11 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £21.24 £12.64
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.16 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +40.94% +106.19% -29.52%
75th Percentile £57.25 £55.29 £15.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £100.28 £15.20
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.20 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.22% +22.01% -29.28%

Black Duck
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Black Duck relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Black Duck job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Black Duck
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Black Duck.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Black Duck

Black Duck
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Black Duck within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
South Yorkshire - 1 £550 -
Black Duck
England

Black Duck
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Licensing