Software Engineering Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 959 1,173 2,426
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.52% 4.88% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 5.44% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 808 1,760
10th Percentile £425 £442 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £800 £725 £675
90th Percentile £888 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 72 53
10th Percentile £37.50 £47.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £74.93 £90.00 £68.60
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +22.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,873 21,558 40,463
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.51% 89.69% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,663 15,306 29,455
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 498 522
10th Percentile £14.90 £17.50 £14.51
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.16
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%

Software Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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 Engineering.

Software Engineering daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineering daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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 Engineering.

Software Engineering hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineering hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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
1 146 (15.22%) Apache Airflow
2 133 (13.87%) Apache
3 26 (2.71%) Confluence
4 12 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.15%) CMS
6 6 (0.63%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.31%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.21%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.10%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.10%) WildFly
Applications
1 122 (12.72%) Chatbot
2 22 (2.29%) Simulink
2 22 (2.29%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.10%) CATIA
5 1 (0.10%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Endur
3 1 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 349 (36.39%) AWS
2 164 (17.10%) Azure
3 133 (13.87%) GCP
4 125 (13.03%) dbt
5 107 (11.16%) Snowflake
6 42 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (3.75%) GitHub
8 28 (2.92%) Serverless
9 19 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (1.88%) npm
11 17 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.77%) PaaS
12 14 (1.46%) SaaS
13 13 (1.36%) Amazon S3
13 13 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (1.25%) IaaS
15 11 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.46%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.36%) HTTP
3 10 (1.04%) Firewall
3 10 (1.04%) VPN
4 9 (0.94%) SAN
5 8 (0.83%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (0.63%) 802.11
6 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.52%) DNS
7 5 (0.52%) J1939
7 5 (0.52%) Wireless
8 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 2 (0.21%) RS-232
10 1 (0.10%) AMQP
10 1 (0.10%) HbbTV
10 1 (0.10%) IPv4
10 1 (0.10%) Modbus
10 1 (0.10%) MQTT
10 1 (0.10%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (13.35%) Apache Ignite
2 124 (12.93%) Amazon Athena
2 124 (12.93%) Dremio
3 121 (12.62%) Apache Arrow
4 109 (11.37%) Data Lake
5 35 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (3.65%) SQL Server
6 34 (3.55%) MySQL
7 33 (3.44%) Apache Cassandra
8 21 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.98%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.67%) Big Data
10 16 (1.67%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.46%) MongoDB
12 14 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.15%) Oracle Database 11g
14 9 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 82 (8.55%) Git
2 53 (5.53%) JIRA
3 41 (4.28%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.82%) GitLab
5 26 (2.71%) Cypress.io
6 24 (2.50%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.67%) Selenium
8 14 (1.46%) Cucumber
8 14 (1.46%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.25%) Maven
9 12 (1.25%) Postman
10 11 (1.15%) git-flow
11 8 (0.83%) JUnit
11 8 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (0.83%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.83%) webpack
12 7 (0.73%) Appium
12 7 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.73%) JMeter
13 6 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 280 (29.20%) Finance
2 184 (19.19%) Front Office
3 158 (16.48%) Banking
4 140 (14.60%) Social Skills
5 116 (12.10%) Investment Banking
6 47 (4.90%) Automotive
7 31 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (2.50%) Electronics
9 19 (1.98%) Legal
10 18 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.77%) Public Sector
12 15 (1.56%) Retail
13 14 (1.46%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.46%) Marketing
14 9 (0.94%) Law
14 9 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.73%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.73%) Police
16 6 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 402 (41.92%) Software Engineer
2 384 (40.04%) Developer
3 196 (20.44%) Senior
4 170 (17.73%) Software Developer
5 105 (10.95%) Senior Software Engineer
6 98 (10.22%) Java Engineer
7 89 (9.28%) Python Engineer
8 78 (8.13%) Java Software Engineer
9 77 (8.03%) Lead
9 77 (8.03%) Python Software Engineer
10 70 (7.30%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 64 (6.67%) Python Developer
12 61 (6.36%) Java Developer
13 57 (5.94%) AWS Engineer
14 55 (5.74%) Senior Developer
15 53 (5.53%) AWS Software Engineer
16 52 (5.42%) Senior Java Engineer
17 41 (4.28%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 39 (4.07%) Architect
18 39 (4.07%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (18.25%) HTML
2 139 (14.49%) gRPC
2 139 (14.49%) React
3 137 (14.29%) Protocol Buffers
4 127 (13.24%) Pandas
5 121 (12.62%) NumPy
5 121 (12.62%) SciPy
6 73 (7.61%) Node.js
7 72 (7.51%) AngularJS
8 67 (6.99%) .NET
8 67 (6.99%) REST
9 60 (6.26%) Kafka
10 58 (6.05%) CSS
11 46 (4.80%) Redux
12 39 (4.07%) RESTful
13 32 (3.34%) GraphQL
13 32 (3.34%) Spring Boot
14 29 (3.02%) Spring
14 29 (3.02%) Vue
15 25 (2.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 165 (17.21%) Fixed Income
2 131 (13.66%) Derivative
3 130 (13.56%) Hedge funds
4 129 (13.45%) Equities
5 117 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 38 (3.96%) Algorithms
7 29 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.09%) Management Information System
11 17 (1.77%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.67%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.67%) Pricing Data
13 11 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.04%) IoT
15 9 (0.94%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
16 8 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
16 8 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.11%) Linux
2 24 (2.50%) Windows
3 14 (1.46%) Android
4 13 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.94%) Debian
5 9 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.73%) Unix
7 5 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.21%) VMS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (38.06%) Agile
2 157 (16.37%) Asset Management
3 146 (15.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 139 (14.49%) Code Quality
5 136 (14.18%) DevOps
6 122 (12.72%) Conversational UI
6 122 (12.72%) Investment Management
7 115 (11.99%) Test Automation
8 105 (10.95%) CI/CD
9 95 (9.91%) Fintech
10 88 (9.18%) Full Stack Development
11 75 (7.82%) Computer Science
12 72 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (7.40%) User Experience
14 66 (6.88%) Analytics
14 66 (6.88%) SDLC
15 59 (6.15%) Scrum
16 57 (5.94%) TDD
17 56 (5.84%) Continuous Integration
18 50 (5.21%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 404 (42.13%) Python
2 387 (40.35%) JavaScript
3 294 (30.66%) Java
4 246 (25.65%) SQL
5 230 (23.98%) C#
6 222 (23.15%) TypeScript
7 65 (6.78%) C++
8 62 (6.47%) C
9 53 (5.53%) Go
10 27 (2.82%) Scala
11 26 (2.71%) MATLAB
12 23 (2.40%) PHP
13 22 (2.29%) Embedded C
13 22 (2.29%) PowerShell
14 20 (2.09%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.77%) Kotlin
16 15 (1.56%) Perl
16 15 (1.56%) Ruby
17 12 (1.25%) R
18 9 (0.94%) Rust
Qualifications
1 204 (21.27%) Degree
2 100 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.83%) PhD
9 2 (0.21%) MBA
10 1 (0.10%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.10%) CISM
10 1 (0.10%) CISSP
10 1 (0.10%) CLAS
10 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.10%) OCP
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.40%) QA
3 11 (1.15%) NCSC
4 6 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.52%) AUTOSAR
5 5 (0.52%) SEPA
6 4 (0.42%) JTAG
7 2 (0.21%) NIST
7 2 (0.21%) SLA
8 1 (0.10%) EMIR
8 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.10%) MiFID
8 1 (0.10%) MISRA
8 1 (0.10%) RMADS
8 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (8.97%) Docker
2 10 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.52%) ACF2
3 5 (0.52%) IAG
3 5 (0.52%) RACF
3 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.42%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.21%) zsh
Systems Management
1 95 (9.91%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.69%) Terraform
3 33 (3.44%) Ansible
4 22 (2.29%) Grafana
5 16 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.83%) Podman
8 6 (0.63%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.42%) Puppet
10 3 (0.31%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Consul
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.21%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.21%) Packer
11 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.10%) Bugsnag
12 1 (0.10%) CASB
12 1 (0.10%) Istio
Vendors
1 121 (12.62%) PayPal
2 42 (4.38%) Oracle
3 37 (3.86%) Microsoft
4 16 (1.67%) Google
5 15 (1.56%) Bloomberg
6 13 (1.36%) Databricks
7 11 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 9 (0.94%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.94%) VMware
9 8 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.83%) Denodo
9 8 (0.83%) Talend
10 6 (0.63%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.52%) IBM
11 5 (0.52%) SAP
11 5 (0.52%) Sybase
12 4 (0.42%) ION Trading
12 4 (0.42%) Reuters
12 4 (0.42%) Splunk
12 4 (0.42%) Xamarin