Software Delivery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Delivery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 288 257
Rank change year-on-year +17 -31 +41
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 70 172 466
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.72% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.80% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 112 308
10th Percentile £415 £413 £400
25th Percentile £470 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £609 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 0
10th Percentile £71.15 £54.25 -
25th Percentile £73.63 £59.44 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £71.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% - -
75th Percentile £86.25 £75.75 -
90th Percentile £88.50 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £73.86 £48.85
% change year-on-year +8.32% +51.19% -6.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Software Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Delivery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
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 Software Delivery.

Software Delivery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Software Delivery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
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 Software Delivery.

Software Delivery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Software Delivery hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
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 4 (5.71%) Apache Solr
1 4 (5.71%) nginx
2 3 (4.29%) Confluence
3 2 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.43%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.43%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.86%) Endur
2 2 (2.86%) JDE OneWorld
2 2 (2.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.29%) AWS
2 16 (22.86%) Azure
3 10 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
4 9 (12.86%) Serverless
5 8 (11.43%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (10.00%) Amazon S3
7 5 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (7.14%) GCP
7 5 (7.14%) OCI
7 5 (7.14%) OpenShift
8 4 (5.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 3 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (4.29%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (4.29%) GitHub
9 3 (4.29%) PaaS
9 3 (4.29%) SaaS
10 2 (2.86%) Asana
10 2 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) DNS
1 6 (8.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.71%) HTTPS
2 4 (5.71%) IPsec
3 2 (2.86%) DHCP
3 2 (2.86%) Network Security
4 1 (1.43%) FTP
4 1 (1.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.57%) NoSQL
1 6 (8.57%) Oracle Database
2 5 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (5.71%) Couchbase
3 4 (5.71%) MySQL
4 3 (4.29%) InfluxDB
4 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (2.86%) Big Data
5 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.43%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.43%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.43%) Power BI
6 1 (1.43%) Redis
6 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (17.14%) Jenkins
2 9 (12.86%) JIRA
3 7 (10.00%) GitLab
4 6 (8.57%) Git
5 4 (5.71%) Artifactory
6 3 (4.29%) Selenium
7 2 (2.86%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (2.86%) JMeter
7 2 (2.86%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.43%) Axure RP
8 1 (1.43%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.43%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.43%) Gatling
8 1 (1.43%) JUnit
8 1 (1.43%) Mockito
8 1 (1.43%) NeoLoad
8 1 (1.43%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.43%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.43%) Subversion
8 1 (1.43%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.14%) Finance
3 12 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Legal
6 4 (5.71%) Banking
6 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.86%) Front Office
8 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Electronics
8 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Marketing
8 1 (1.43%) Police
8 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Retail
8 1 (1.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (24.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 13 (18.57%) Developer
3 10 (14.29%) Senior
4 7 (10.00%) Architect
5 6 (8.57%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Lead
6 5 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Software Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Software Manager
7 4 (5.71%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.71%) Software Developer
8 3 (4.29%) Software Architect
8 3 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) AWS CDK
1 8 (11.43%) JSON
1 8 (11.43%) Node.js
1 8 (11.43%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (11.43%) XML
2 7 (10.00%) RESTful
2 7 (10.00%) YAML
3 6 (8.57%) React
3 6 (8.57%) REST
4 5 (7.14%) .NET
5 4 (5.71%) CSS
5 4 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (5.71%) HTML
5 4 (5.71%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (5.71%) SOAP
5 4 (5.71%) Spring
6 3 (4.29%) ADO
6 3 (4.29%) OAuth
6 3 (4.29%) Web Services
7 2 (2.86%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.29%) Verilog
4 3 (4.29%) VHDL
5 2 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.86%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.43%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.43%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.43%) Replication
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.00%) Linux
2 7 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 5 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.71%) CentOS
5 3 (4.29%) Unix
6 2 (2.86%) Android
6 2 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (71.43%) Agile
2 36 (51.43%) DevOps
3 29 (41.43%) CI/CD
4 25 (35.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (25.71%) Scrum
6 15 (21.43%) Microservices
7 14 (20.00%) SDLC
8 13 (18.57%) Kanban
8 13 (18.57%) Test Automation
9 11 (15.71%) Configuration Management
9 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (15.71%) Project Delivery
9 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (12.86%) Migration
11 9 (12.86%) TDD
12 8 (11.43%) Code Quality
12 8 (11.43%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (11.43%) Project Management
13 7 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.86%) Java
2 14 (20.00%) Python
3 12 (17.14%) SQL
4 9 (12.86%) Bash
4 9 (12.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.00%) PowerShell
6 6 (8.57%) C++
7 5 (7.14%) Ruby
7 5 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 4 (5.71%) PHP
9 3 (4.29%) Bicep
9 3 (4.29%) C
9 3 (4.29%) C#
9 3 (4.29%) Go
9 3 (4.29%) Groovy
10 2 (2.86%) BeanShell
10 2 (2.86%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.86%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.43%) VBA
11 1 (1.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) Degree
4 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.43%) ISEB
5 1 (1.43%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) QA
2 4 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.71%) GDPR
2 4 (5.71%) HIPAA
2 4 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.71%) NIST
3 2 (2.86%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.86%) SLA
4 1 (1.43%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.43%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (11.43%) Docker
2 5 (7.14%) vSphere
3 3 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.29%) vCloud
3 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.29%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (30.00%) Terraform
2 15 (21.43%) Ansible
3 14 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 7 (10.00%) Grafana
5 6 (8.57%) Puppet
6 5 (7.14%) Kibana
6 5 (7.14%) Progress Chef
6 5 (7.14%) Prometheus
7 3 (4.29%) Autotask
8 2 (2.86%) WSUS
9 1 (1.43%) logstash
Vendors
1 9 (12.86%) Oracle
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.57%) VMware
4 5 (7.14%) Google
5 3 (4.29%) Arista
5 3 (4.29%) BMC
5 3 (4.29%) Remedy
5 3 (4.29%) TOWER Software
6 2 (2.86%) OpenLink
6 2 (2.86%) SAP
7 1 (1.43%) Avaloq
7 1 (1.43%) Databricks
7 1 (1.43%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.43%) Qualys
7 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.43%) WSO2