Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2,582 4,435 9,037
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.60% 18.58% 20.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.82% 19.51% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,915 3,387 6,881
10th Percentile £333 £375 £380
25th Percentile £419 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £638
90th Percentile £783 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 48 80
10th Percentile £22.92 £42.30 £30.90
25th Percentile £32.81 £58.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £45.50 £67.25 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.34% +25.12% +20.79%
75th Percentile £69.69 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,716 22,731 42,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.23% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,231 16,123 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £358 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 566
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.58
Median hourly rate £43.00 £51.57 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -16.61% +32.81% +67.29%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.33 £58.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.80 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Developer.

Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Developer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Developer.

Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Developer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Developer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Developer in the job title.

1 639 (24.75%) JavaScript
2 608 (23.55%) SQL
3 569 (22.04%) C#
4 531 (20.57%) Agile
5 500 (19.36%) Finance
6 483 (18.71%) AWS
7 478 (18.51%) Java
8 476 (18.44%) Azure
9 464 (17.97%) Python
10 401 (15.53%) HTML
11 400 (15.49%) .NET
12 384 (14.87%) Software Engineering
13 371 (14.37%) Social Skills
14 363 (14.06%) React
15 320 (12.39%) DevOps
16 318 (12.32%) Full Stack Development
17 316 (12.24%) TypeScript
18 271 (10.50%) CSS
19 255 (9.88%) Microsoft
20 247 (9.57%) SQL Server
21 241 (9.33%) CI/CD
22 232 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
23 227 (8.79%) Security Cleared
24 225 (8.71%) Degree
25 213 (8.25%) Front Office
26 210 (8.13%) AngularJS
27 206 (7.98%) Banking
28 194 (7.51%) Code Quality
29 189 (7.32%) Microservices
30 188 (7.28%) SC Cleared

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 68 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
2 65 (2.52%) Apache
3 53 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 45 (1.74%) CMS
5 27 (1.05%) WordPress
6 21 (0.81%) Umbraco
7 20 (0.77%) SAS
8 15 (0.58%) Confluence
8 15 (0.58%) nginx
9 14 (0.54%) Apache Spark
10 13 (0.50%) Headless CMS
11 11 (0.43%) Drupal
12 10 (0.39%) Anypoint
13 9 (0.35%) CICS
13 9 (0.35%) Mule
14 8 (0.31%) Kentico
15 6 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
16 5 (0.19%) Mule ESB
16 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
17 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 129 (5.00%) Chatbot
2 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.077%) 3ds Max
6 2 (0.077%) Blender
7 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.039%) Elementor
7 1 (0.039%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) InDesign
7 1 (0.039%) InVision
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.039%) Sketch
7 1 (0.039%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 30 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.66%) Endur
4 10 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 9 (0.35%) Shopify
6 7 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.27%) SAP FI-AP
7 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.19%) Aareon QL
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.15%) Exstream
9 4 (0.15%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
10 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.12%) Magento
10 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.12%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.12%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 483 (18.71%) AWS
2 476 (18.44%) Azure
3 167 (6.47%) Power Platform
4 162 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
5 160 (6.20%) GCP
6 104 (4.03%) Serverless
7 80 (3.10%) GitHub
8 79 (3.06%) PowerApps
9 70 (2.71%) Power Automate
10 67 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 50 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 48 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 48 (1.86%) dbt
13 45 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (1.70%) Amazon S3
15 42 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (1.51%) Azure Functions
17 36 (1.39%) SaaS
18 33 (1.28%) Snowflake
19 29 (1.12%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.89%) HTTP
2 16 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.39%) SAN
4 8 (0.31%) VPN
5 7 (0.27%) DNS
6 6 (0.23%) Internet
7 4 (0.15%) Firewall
7 4 (0.15%) FTP
7 4 (0.15%) Intranet
7 4 (0.15%) MQTT
7 4 (0.15%) SSL
8 3 (0.12%) WAN
9 2 (0.077%) 5G
9 2 (0.077%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.077%) DHCP
9 2 (0.077%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.077%) LTE
9 2 (0.077%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.039%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.039%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (9.57%) SQL Server
2 117 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
3 102 (3.95%) Power BI
4 75 (2.90%) MySQL
5 66 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.36%) Oracle Database
7 57 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 55 (2.13%) MongoDB
9 54 (2.09%) Apache Ignite
10 49 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
11 47 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 45 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
12 45 (1.74%) Apache Arrow
13 44 (1.70%) Dremio
14 39 (1.51%) Data Lake
15 33 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 30 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
18 21 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
18 21 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 138 (5.34%) Git
2 64 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 63 (2.44%) JIRA
4 39 (1.51%) GitLab
5 36 (1.39%) Cypress.io
6 27 (1.05%) Mockito
6 27 (1.05%) Visual Studio
7 26 (1.01%) JUnit
8 25 (0.97%) Cucumber
9 23 (0.89%) Maven
9 23 (0.89%) Selenium
10 19 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
11 18 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
11 18 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (0.54%) SpecFlow
13 13 (0.50%) Storybook
13 13 (0.50%) webpack
14 11 (0.43%) Android Studio
14 11 (0.43%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 500 (19.36%) Finance
2 371 (14.37%) Social Skills
3 213 (8.25%) Front Office
4 206 (7.98%) Banking
5 165 (6.39%) Public Sector
6 131 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (3.91%) Investment Banking
8 49 (1.90%) Retail
9 36 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 35 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 26 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 22 (0.85%) Marketing
13 20 (0.77%) Tech for Good
14 14 (0.54%) Back Office
14 14 (0.54%) Law
15 12 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (0.46%) Retail Banking
16 11 (0.43%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 401 (15.53%) HTML
2 400 (15.49%) .NET
3 363 (14.06%) React
4 271 (10.50%) CSS
5 210 (8.13%) AngularJS
6 187 (7.24%) REST
7 180 (6.97%) Node.js
8 114 (4.42%) Spring Boot
9 113 (4.38%) Spring
10 111 (4.30%) Web Services
11 110 (4.26%) RESTful
12 88 (3.41%) XML
13 87 (3.37%) .NET Framework
14 83 (3.21%) .NET Core
15 81 (3.14%) ASP.NET
16 77 (2.98%) Vue
17 72 (2.79%) GraphQL
18 70 (2.71%) Kafka
19 62 (2.40%) gRPC
20 60 (2.32%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 120 (4.65%) Fixed Income
2 118 (4.57%) Derivative
3 77 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 74 (2.87%) Hedge funds
5 73 (2.83%) Equities
6 68 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
7 60 (2.32%) Mobile App
8 59 (2.29%) Product Ownership
9 52 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
10 44 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.16%) Data Structures
12 30 (1.16%) Equity Derivative
13 24 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (0.85%) Onboarding
15 21 (0.81%) Management Information System
16 17 (0.66%) Credit Derivative
17 15 (0.58%) Cloud Native
17 15 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
18 14 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 86 (3.33%) Linux
2 61 (2.36%) Android
3 57 (2.21%) Unix
4 45 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.74%) Windows
6 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 10 (0.39%) Debian
8 9 (0.35%) zOS
9 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.12%) VMS
10 2 (0.077%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.077%) CentOS
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (20.57%) Agile
2 384 (14.87%) Software Engineering
3 320 (12.39%) DevOps
4 318 (12.32%) Full Stack Development
5 241 (9.33%) CI/CD
6 232 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
7 194 (7.51%) Code Quality
8 189 (7.32%) Microservices
9 176 (6.82%) Front End Development
10 174 (6.74%) Artificial Intelligence
11 141 (5.46%) Business Intelligence
12 137 (5.31%) Unit Testing
13 136 (5.27%) TDD
14 132 (5.11%) Test Automation
15 131 (5.07%) User Experience
16 130 (5.03%) Conversational UI
17 121 (4.69%) Data Modelling
17 121 (4.69%) Scrum
18 120 (4.65%) Analytics
19 111 (4.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 639 (24.75%) JavaScript
2 608 (23.55%) SQL
3 569 (22.04%) C#
4 478 (18.51%) Java
5 464 (17.97%) Python
6 316 (12.24%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.29%) PHP
8 81 (3.14%) PL/SQL
9 72 (2.79%) C++
10 70 (2.71%) PowerShell
11 55 (2.13%) Kotlin
12 45 (1.74%) Go
13 43 (1.67%) Scala
14 40 (1.55%) Ruby
15 37 (1.43%) Bicep
16 35 (1.36%) ABAP
17 29 (1.12%) T-SQL
18 24 (0.93%) Perl
19 23 (0.89%) Bash
19 23 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 227 (8.79%) Security Cleared
2 225 (8.71%) Degree
3 188 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 42 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (1.01%) DV Cleared
7 20 (0.77%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.39%) PhD
9 7 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.23%) CCNA
10 6 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.039%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.039%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.039%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.039%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.039%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (2.79%) Accessibility
2 66 (2.56%) QA
3 26 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 22 (0.85%) WCAG
5 9 (0.35%) MiFID
6 6 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.19%) HL7
7 5 (0.19%) SEPA
8 4 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.12%) GDPR
9 3 (0.12%) SLA
10 1 (0.039%) EMIR
10 1 (0.039%) FATCA
10 1 (0.039%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.039%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.039%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.039%) NIST
System Software
1 127 (4.92%) Docker
2 47 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.39%) IAG
4 8 (0.31%) ACF2
4 8 (0.31%) RACF
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.077%) Firmware
6 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.077%) zsh
7 1 (0.039%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 131 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 71 (2.75%) Terraform
3 22 (0.85%) Grafana
4 18 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.66%) Ansible
6 9 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.27%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.19%) Kibana
10 3 (0.12%) Podman
10 3 (0.12%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.077%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.077%) Packer
11 2 (0.077%) Puppet
11 2 (0.077%) SCOM
12 1 (0.039%) Istio
12 1 (0.039%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.039%) logstash
12 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.039%) Rancher
Vendors
1 255 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 178 (6.89%) Oracle
3 121 (4.69%) PayPal
4 76 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.40%) Google
6 60 (2.32%) SAP
7 55 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.12%) IBM
9 23 (0.89%) MuleSoft
10 22 (0.85%) Databricks
11 17 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.54%) Guidewire
12 14 (0.54%) OpenLink
13 13 (0.50%) Adobe
13 13 (0.50%) Bloomberg
13 13 (0.50%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.50%) Xamarin
14 12 (0.46%) Siebel
14 12 (0.46%) Sybase
15 11 (0.43%) OpenText