RSS Contracts

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring RSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RSS over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 696 859
Rank change year-on-year - +163 -128
Contract jobs citing RSS 0 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.008% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £200
25th Percentile - £306 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £313 £225
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% -52.63%
75th Percentile - £319 £434
90th Percentile - - £500
UK excluding London median daily rate - £313 £225
% change year-on-year - +38.89% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

RSS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,216 12,735 23,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 22.93% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,364 9,287 17,252
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £670
90th Percentile £775 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 152 225
10th Percentile £22.10 £31.18 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.85% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.38 £75.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £74.49 £80.25 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

RSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RSS in the UK

RSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RSS.

Daily rate trend for RSS in the UK

RSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RSS.

Hourly rate trend for RSS in the UK