Ada
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ada skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ada over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 631 809
Rank change year-on-year +87 +178 -176
Contract jobs citing Ada 47 87 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.051%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 0.42% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 5
10th Percentile - £377 £635
25th Percentile £538 £428 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £471 £725
Median % change year-on-year +22.08% -35.03% -
75th Percentile £613 £538 £763
90th Percentile - £549 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £467 -
% change year-on-year +23.13% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 55 19
10th Percentile £56.25 £46.44 £40.62
25th Percentile £62.50 £51.69 £44.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.97% +20.40%
75th Percentile £69.69 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +31.87%

All Programming Languages
UK

Ada is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,769 20,649 32,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.59% 34.91% 36.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,080 14,885 23,465
10th Percentile £350 £394 £384
25th Percentile £425 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.46% +14.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 467 511
10th Percentile £31.70 £26.20 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.55 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +21.10% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £77.40 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £49.75
% change year-on-year +1.07% +24.30% +17.75%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ada as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ada in the UK

Ada
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ada.

Daily rate trend for Ada in the UK

Ada
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ada.

Hourly rate trend for Ada in the UK

Ada
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ada over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Ada in the UK

Ada
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +37 41 £575 +23.13% 23
England +68 40 £575 +22.08% 26
East of England -10 17 - - 3
South West +16 11 - - 9
South East +25 7 £575 +53.74% 4
Work from Home +107 6 - - 15
Scotland +42 3 - -
North of England +22 3 - - 5
North East - 3 - - 1
London +90 2 - - 4

Ada
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Link 16
1 3 (6.38%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 16 (34.04%) Rational Rhapsody
2 9 (19.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (21.28%) Electronics
2 6 (12.77%) Military
3 4 (8.51%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.38%) Aviation
4 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Law
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 36 (76.60%) Software Engineer
2 35 (74.47%) Ada Engineer
2 35 (74.47%) Ada Software Engineer
3 13 (27.66%) Embedded Engineer
3 13 (27.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Consultant
4 6 (12.77%) Software Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) Software Assurance Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Safety Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Software Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Safety Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Software Assurance Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Software Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Vuex
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.13%) CCTV
1 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (80.85%) Software Engineering
2 14 (29.79%) Validation
3 13 (27.66%) UML
4 12 (25.53%) Embedded Software Development
5 10 (21.28%) Code Quality
5 10 (21.28%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (14.89%) Software Assurance
7 4 (8.51%) Verification and Validation
8 3 (6.38%) HOOD
8 3 (6.38%) Integration Testing
8 3 (6.38%) Safety Engineering
8 3 (6.38%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.26%) Software Delivery
10 1 (2.13%) Analytics
10 1 (2.13%) Change Control
10 1 (2.13%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) C
2 5 (10.64%) Ada 95
2 5 (10.64%) C++
3 2 (4.26%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.13%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (42.55%) SC Cleared
1 20 (42.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) DO-178B
2 6 (12.77%) IEC 61508
3 4 (8.51%) QA
4 2 (4.26%) Def Stans
5 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) IBM
2 2 (4.26%) QinetiQ
3 1 (2.13%) Twitter
3 1 (2.13%) VMware