Esports
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Esports in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Esports over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 839 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -110 |
| Contract jobs citing Esports | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 0.004% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £331 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £413 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £459 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £484 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All General Skills
UK
Esports is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 24,760 | 33,009 | 49,869 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 57.46% | 58.55% | 56.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,551 | 22,901 | 34,679 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +1.85% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +7.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,985 | 984 | 1,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.78 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.50 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.40 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +44.00% | +4.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £61.25 | £47.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.38 | £72.50 | £59.11 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.42 | £28.07 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.25% | +43.95% | +2.63% |
Esports
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Esports as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Esports
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Esports.