Hackathon Job Trends in England

Hackathon
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hackathon in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hackathon over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 586 764
Rank change year-on-year -63 +178 -193
Permanent jobs citing Hackathon 19 38 47
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.023% 0.099% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.083% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 26 38
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £30,987 £45,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,770 £70,759 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.49% +8.86% -16.82%
75th Percentile £75,595 £125,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £87,238 - £150,500
UK median annual salary £64,553 £69,018 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.47% +6.18% -16.82%

All Generic Skills
England

Hackathon falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,927 15,630 29,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.32% 40.67% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,058 8,371 20,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,214
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Hackathon
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hackathon relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Hackathon job vacancy trend in England

Hackathon
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hackathon.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hackathon

Hackathon
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hackathon in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Hackathon in England

Hackathon
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hackathon within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -25 11 - - 6
London -16 5 £90,000 -28.00% 5
West Midlands -26 2 £30,987 -75.21% 1
Midlands -37 2 £30,987 -75.21% 2
Hackathon
UK

Hackathon
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (21.05%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (21.05%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) GitHub
1 5 (26.32%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (21.05%) Datadog
2 4 (21.05%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Pinecone
1 4 (21.05%) Weaviate
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Local Government
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Associate Director
2 4 (21.05%) Development Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Graduate
3 2 (10.53%) IT Graduate
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Product Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Django
1 4 (21.05%) FastAPI
1 4 (21.05%) GraphQL
1 4 (21.05%) Node.js
1 4 (21.05%) PyTorch
1 4 (21.05%) React
1 4 (21.05%) REST
1 4 (21.05%) scikit-learn
1 4 (21.05%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (57.89%) Life Science
1 11 (57.89%) Low-Code
2 4 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 4 (21.05%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) AI
1 17 (89.47%) Analytics
2 16 (84.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (78.95%) Machine Learning
3 15 (78.95%) MLOps
4 13 (68.42%) Computer Science
5 12 (63.16%) Agile
6 11 (57.89%) Biotechnology
6 11 (57.89%) Data Science
6 11 (57.89%) Deployment Automation
6 11 (57.89%) Hematology
6 11 (57.89%) Immunology
6 11 (57.89%) Model Validation
6 11 (57.89%) Use Case
6 11 (57.89%) Validation
7 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
8 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (26.32%) LLM
8 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
8 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) Python
2 5 (26.32%) TypeScript
3 4 (21.05%) Go
3 4 (21.05%) Java
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Degree
2 11 (57.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) Accessibility
2 4 (21.05%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Terraform
2 4 (21.05%) Ansible
2 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) OpenAI
2 1 (5.26%) OneLogin