Poetry Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Poetry
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing Poetry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 398 | 361 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -37 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Poetry | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | - | 0.024% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.16% | 0.047% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £384 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.20% | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | £384 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -45.14% | - |
All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London
Poetry falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing development application skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing development application skills | 3,064 | 2,549 | 2,107 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 10.76% | 15.12% | 12.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,836 | 1,757 | 1,256 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £313 | £334 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.56% | -3.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £550 | £580 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £635 | £652 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | -4.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 282 | 103 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.68 | £16.84 | £41.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.25 | £52.38 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.75 | £75.00 | £74.89 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
Poetry Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Poetry relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Poetry Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Poetry.