The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Poetry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poetry over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
366
391
-
Rank change year-on-year
+25
-
-
Contract jobs citing Poetry
2
1
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the 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 requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
2,032
2,342
3,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London
13.73%
11.29%
12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,382
1,462
2,075
10th Percentile
£313
£340
£326
25th Percentile
£400
£406
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£550
£586
£600
90th Percentile
£624
£653
£678
UK median daily rate
£500
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.76%
-4.55%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
84
216
169
10th Percentile
£21.21
£40.00
£46.18
25th Percentile
£50.00
£51.25
£53.75
Median hourly rate
£64.25
£65.00
£61.50
Median % change year-on-year
-1.15%
+5.69%
+8.52%
75th Percentile
£73.75
£70.00
£73.75
90th Percentile
£79.63
£74.22
£90.00
UK median hourly rate
£62.50
£65.00
£62.50
% change year-on-year
-3.85%
+4.00%
+13.64%
Poetry Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Poetry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Poetry Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Poetry within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 July 2025. 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
Poetry Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 14 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Poetry also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Poetry.
Poetry Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
