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 job vacancy trend 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.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Poetry