Market data

Contract day rates

Median UK day rates by skill, from contracts aggregated on this board, split by the IR35 position each listing states. We never assert a role’s IR35 status; we only report what the listing claims.

Skill	IR35	Median	Range (p25–p75)	Listings
Sc Clearance	Inside	£545	£495–£650	33
Driving	Not stated	£107	£107–£137	23
Business Analysis	Not stated	£554	£457–£600	22
Business Analysis	Inside	£500	£436–£580	19
Sc Clearance	Not stated	£508	£412–£562	18
Sc Cleared	Inside	£570	£460–£625	15
Merchandising	Not stated	£107	£107–£107	15
Interviewing	Not stated	£113	£113–£132	14
Cyber Security	Not stated	£525	£450–£700	13
Azure	Not stated	£574	£505–£600	12
Data Engineering	Not stated	£572	£488–£668	12
Defence	Inside	£532	£431–£570	12
Project Management	Not stated	£512	£462–£602	12
Aws	Outside IR35 · per client	£543	£508–£600	11
Hgv Class 1	Not stated	£139	£134–£148	11
Research	Not stated	£113	£113–£165	11
Python	Not stated	£625	£544–£685	10
Solution Architecture	Not stated	£601	£556–£688	10
Sc Cleared	Not stated	£598	£560–£610	10
Data Engineering	Inside	£489	£434–£564	10
Infrastructure	Inside	£450	£365–£550	10
Class 2 Driving	Not stated	£134	£129–£143	10
Teaching Assistant	Not stated	£97	£95–£116	10
Stakeholder Management	Inside	£535	£447–£560	9
Systems Engineering	Not stated	£450	£425–£525	9
It Support	Not stated	£200	£190–£225	9
Hgv Class 2	Not stated	£128	£124–£165	9
Devops	Inside	£625	£422–£669	8
Java	Not stated	£578	£282–£750	8
Dv Clearance	Not stated	£562	£452–£708	8
Cloud	Not stated	£525	£438–£574	8
Data Analysis	Not stated	£505	£446–£568	8
Agile	Not stated	£500	£450–£541	8
Sc Clearance	Outside IR35 · per client	£498	£451–£569	8
Azure	Inside	£486	£442–£612	8
Sen	Not stated	£237	£150–£237	8
Primary Teaching	Not stated	£170	£142–£179	8
Ce Licence	Not stated	£150	£135–£169	8
Aws	Not stated	£750	£612–£822	7
Ai	Not stated	£575	£500–£682	7
Governance	Not stated	£525	£518–£588	7
Azure	Outside IR35 · per client	£500	£425–£575	7
Automation	Not stated	£450	£349–£632	7
Defence	Not stated	£450	£328–£584	7
Project Management	Outside IR35 · per client	£425	£400–£660	7
Microsoft 365	Not stated	£235	£156–£406	7
Data Annotation	Not stated	£165	£165–£221	7
Ai Training	Not stated	£165	£165–£221	7
Field Research	Not stated	£139	£113–£139	7
Customer Service	Not stated	£121	£110–£171	7
Ai	Inside	£700	£650–£776	6
Migration	Not stated	£638	£530–£714	6
Security	Not stated	£609	£472–£688	6
Cyber Security	Inside	£575	£552–£612	6
Stakeholder Engagement	Not stated	£570	£555–£590	6
Stakeholder Management	Not stated	£565	£476–£594	6
Systems Engineering	Inside	£552	£514–£570	6
Project Management	Inside	£550	£494–£606	6
Data Engineering	Outside IR35 · per client	£525	£469–£562	6
Change Management	Inside	£450	£450–£579	6
Compliance	Not stated	£332	£253–£475	6
Send	Not stated	£237	£237–£242	6
It Support	Inside	£232	£189–£284	6
Cscs Card	Not stated	£155	£150–£175	6
Class 1 Driving	Not stated	£142	£136–£149	6
Market Research	Not stated	£139	£125–£139	6
Solution Architecture	Inside	£650	£638–£725	5
Devsecops	Not stated	£638	£575–£670	5
Data Architecture	Not stated	£638	£600–£660	5
Technical Architecture	Not stated	£590	£577–£718	5
Data Pipelines	Not stated	£575	£570–£575	5
Integration	Inside	£570	£475–£581	5
Dv Cleared	Not stated	£560	£375–£610	5
Requirements Management	Inside	£560	£560–£570	5
Salesforce	Not stated	£550	£500–£650	5
Software Engineering	Not stated	£523	£400–£544	5
Software Engineering	Inside	£510	£507–£510	5
Data Analysis	Inside	£500	£441–£565	5
Retail	Not stated	£500	£102–£600	5
Safety Engineering	Inside	£495	£495–£570	5
Infrastructure	Not stated	£450	£375–£475	5
Reporting	Outside IR35 · per client	£450	£450–£500	5
React	Not stated	£450	£300–£725	5
Tutoring	Not stated	£237	£237–£237	5
2nd Line Support	Not stated	£235	£225–£275	5
Android	Not stated	£221	£221–£505	5
Electrician	Not stated	£200	£195–£203	5
Ppe	Not stated	£160	£150–£160	5
Primary Education	Not stated	£148	£120–£155	5
Special Educational Needs	Not stated	£105	£102–£165	5

Based on 747 live listings aggregated on this board, grouped by skill and the IR35 position the listing states. Day rates are midpoints of any stated range. This is a snapshot of current listings, not a market authority. Sanity-check against your own sources.