Junior Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Junior
England > Yorkshire

The median Junior daily rate in Yorkshire is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 88 114
Rank change year-on-year -29 +26 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 5 14 5
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.31% 0.95% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.06% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 4
10th Percentile £147 - £124
25th Percentile £158 £288 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £338 £200
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +68.75% -38.46%
75th Percentile £372 £422 £250
90th Percentile £460 £438 -
England median daily rate £263 £295 £300
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,497 1,327 2,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 90.09% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 791 1,308
10th Percentile £235 £263 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 54 35
10th Percentile £17.46 £14.72 £12.64
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.72 £16.86
Median hourly rate £23.79 £23.34 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +9.53% +12.16%
75th Percentile £81.25 £41.56 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £39.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.32% +74.00%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Junior job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Junior
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Yorkshire

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in Yorkshire

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Yorkshire

Junior
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 Junior within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
West Yorkshire -18 2 £326 +4.40% 4
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
North Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 2
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) GSEC
3 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 2 (40.00%) CISMP
3 2 (40.00%) ISMS
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) User Research
4 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) UX Design
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) HSRP
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA

Junior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (20.00%) HSRP
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) ISMS
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) UX Design
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISMP
1 2 (40.00%) GSEC
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft