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Contract day rates

Median UK day rates by skill, from our wider imported contract dataset, including inside, outside and unstated IR35 positions. Results are 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	£565	£493–£626	64
Business Analysis	Inside	£538	£460–£560	37
Business Analysis	Not stated	£550	£434–£600	29
SC Clearance	Not stated	£478	£430–£566	29
Driving	Not stated	£107	£107–£137	27
SC Cleared	Inside	£550	£425–£600	21
Azure	Inside	£525	£460–£600	21
Data Engineering	Inside	£525	£464–£565	19
Infrastructure	Inside	£525	£430–£575	19
Data Engineering	Not stated	£570	£450–£639	17
HGV Class 1	Not stated	£136	£135–£152	17
DevOps	Inside	£612	£481–£673	16
Python	Not stated	£600	£515–£678	16
AWS	Outside IR35 · per client	£562	£522–£581	16
Defence	Inside	£532	£446–£578	16
IT Support	Not stated	£195	£179–£225	16
Class 2 Driving	Not stated	£134	£129–£140	16
Project Management	Not stated	£525	£488–£618	15
Interviewing	Not stated	£113	£113–£126	15
Merchandising	Not stated	£107	£107–£107	15
Azure	Not stated	£556	£502–£600	14
Cyber Security	Not stated	£544	£450–£700	14
AI	Inside	£725	£650–£785	13
Dv Clearance	Not stated	£625	£452–£694	13
Solution Architecture	Not stated	£577	£550–£700	13
AWS	Not stated	£570	£525–£750	13
Java	Not stated	£535	£375–£725	13
Project Management	Outside IR35 · per client	£525	£425–£568	13
Sen	Not stated	£237	£165–£237	13
IT Support	Inside	£200	£175–£275	13
Teaching Assistant	Not stated	£98	£95–£110	13
AI	Outside IR35 · per client	£623	£444–£744	12
Cyber Security	Inside	£575	£542–£625	12
Project Management	Inside	£550	£494–£606	12
SC Clearance	Outside IR35 · per client	£519	£458–£569	12
Agile	Not stated	£502	£450–£554	12
SC Cleared	Not stated	£595	£530–£610	11
AI	Not stated	£550	£438–£644	11
Cloud	Not stated	£525	£450–£548	11
Integration	Inside	£525	£458–£627	11
Azure	Outside IR35 · per client	£450	£418–£575	11
Automation	Not stated	£450	£332–£625	11
Electrician	Not stated	£195	£190–£222	11
Ce Licence	Not stated	£136	£135–£159	11
Research	Not stated	£113	£113–£165	11
Data Architecture	Inside	£602	£431–£650	10
Change Management	Inside	£522	£450–£575	10
Defence	Not stated	£497	£380–£635	10
Infrastructure	Not stated	£412	£275–£469	10
Systems Engineering	Inside	£570	£533–£600	9
Security	Not stated	£553	£450–£650	9
Software Engineering	Not stated	£544	£523–£675	9
Stakeholder Management	Inside	£535	£447–£560	9
Agile	Inside	£533	£475–£625	9
Software Engineering	Inside	£510	£502–£588	9
Data Analysis	Not stated	£500	£434–£566	9
Systems Engineering	Not stated	£450	£425–£525	9
Send	Not stated	£237	£237–£237	9
Primary Teaching	Not stated	£175	£158–£181	9
HGV Class 2	Not stated	£128	£124–£165	9
Customer Service	Not stated	£113	£103–£150	9
Programme Management	Inside	£725	£625–£844	8
Financial Services	Inside	£688	£675–£706	8
Solution Architecture	Inside	£650	£635–£731	8
Automation	Inside	£612	£450–£725	8
Databricks	Not stated	£575	£456–£575	8
Data Analysis	Inside	£564	£485–£565	8
DevOps	Not stated	£548	£500–£616	8
Governance	Not stated	£548	£519–£581	8
Network Engineering	Inside	£495	£456–£556	8
Business Analysis	Outside IR35 · per client	£494	£412–£531	8
Networking	Inside	£446	£363–£490	8
Microsoft 365	Not stated	£274	£173–£462	8
AI Training	Not stated	£193	£165–£221	8
Power Platform	Inside	£650	£525–£673	7
Solution Architecture	Outside IR35 · per client	£625	£594–£650	7
Banking	Inside	£625	£496–£675	7
Cloud	Inside	£600	£576–£750	7
Stakeholder Engagement	Not stated	£563	£532–£586	7
Typescript	Outside IR35 · per client	£548	£520–£562	7
Product Management	Inside	£540	£520–£595	7
Python	Outside IR35 · per client	£513	£450–£600	7
Networking	Not stated	£500	£300–£614	7
C#	Outside IR35 · per client	£475	£412–£650	7
.net	Outside IR35 · per client	£475	£412–£538	7
Infrastructure	Outside IR35 · per client	£450	£450–£600	7
Dsa	Not stated	£338	£338–£338	7
Quality Engineering	Not stated	£263	£234–£422	7
Desktop Support	Inside	£230	£195–£240	7
2nd Line Support	Not stated	£225	£182–£255	7
Data Annotation	Not stated	£165	£165–£221	7
Class 1 Driving	Not stated	£143	£138–£154	7
Field Research	Not stated	£139	£113–£139	7
Iam	Inside	£644	£600–£650	6
Migration	Not stated	£638	£530–£714	6
Enterprise Architecture	Inside	£638	£600–£680	6
Power Bi	Inside	£602	£556–£630	6
Salesforce	Not stated	£600	£512–£669	6
Cloud Architecture	Not stated	£591	£464–£675	6
Data Pipelines	Not stated	£572	£480–£575	6
Stakeholder Management	Not stated	£565	£476–£594	6
Cloud	Outside IR35 · per client	£550	£482–£588	6
Cyber Security	Outside IR35 · per client	£546	£450–£592	6
User Research	Inside	£538	£534–£554	6
Sap	Not stated	£537	£357–£606	6
Automation	Outside IR35 · per client	£528	£422–£605	6
Java	Outside IR35 · per client	£525	£492–£569	6
Data Engineering	Outside IR35 · per client	£525	£469–£562	6
Product Management	Not stated	£512	£448–£539	6
Data Migration	Not stated	£492	£459–£556	6
SQL	Not stated	£483	£400–£573	6
Machine Learning	Not stated	£475	£266–£625	6
Java	Inside	£474	£416–£618	6
Reporting	Not stated	£445	£397–£482	6
Financial Services	Not stated	£440	£334–£534	6
Quality Assurance	Inside	£429	£331–£542	6
React	Outside IR35 · per client	£425	£400–£469	6
Mentoring	Not stated	£338	£338–£384	6
Compliance	Not stated	£332	£253–£475	6
Cscs Card	Not stated	£155	£150–£175	6
Market Research	Not stated	£139	£125–£139	6
Agentic AI	Not stated	£868	£600–£918	5
Python	Inside	£775	£663–£775	5
Security Operations	Not stated	£691	£563–£700	5
Snowflake	Outside IR35 · per client	£650	£575–£700	5
AWS	Inside	£650	£600–£650	5
Software Development	Inside	£650	£650–£713	5
Data	Inside	£650	£625–£700	5
Devsecops	Not stated	£638	£575–£670	5
Data Architecture	Not stated	£638	£600–£660	5
IT Service Management	Not stated	£595	£572–£610	5
Team Leadership	Not stated	£595	£525–£700	5
Technical Architecture	Not stated	£590	£577–£718	5
Software Development	Not stated	£588	£425–£700	5
Servicenow	Inside	£575	£550–£575	5
Platform Engineering	Outside IR35 · per client	£575	£525–£595	5
Requirements Management	Inside	£560	£560–£570	5
Dv Cleared	Not stated	£560	£375–£610	5
Cloud Infrastructure	Not stated	£553	£525–£675	5
Retail	Outside IR35 · per client	£550	£463–£550	5
Data Governance	Inside	£525	£525–£535	5
Retail	Not stated	£500	£102–£600	5
Automation Testing	Inside	£500	£430–£518	5
Safety Engineering	Inside	£495	£495–£570	5
Change Management	Not stated	£490	£313–£520	5
.net	Inside	£490	£463–£525	5
Planning	Not stated	£488	£469–£513	5
Systems Analysis	Inside	£485	£485–£525	5
Integration	Not stated	£452	£265–£575	5
Linux	Inside	£450	£450–£525	5
React	Not stated	£450	£300–£725	5
Security	Inside	£450	£450–£600	5
Reporting	Outside IR35 · per client	£450	£450–£500	5
M365	Inside	£450	£450–£673	5
Asset Management	Not stated	£413	£275–£500	5
Testing	Not stated	£275	£203–£325	5
Manufacturing	Not stated	£270	£263–£500	5
Desktop Support	Not stated	£250	£190–£258	5
One-to-one Tuition	Not stated	£237	£237–£237	5
Tutoring	Not stated	£237	£237–£237	5
Android	Not stated	£221	£221–£505	5
Teaching	Not stated	£220	£165–£237	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 1518 skill/listing observations from the wider dataset (a listing can appear under several skills), 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.