Programmer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Programmer
UK > Work from Home

The median Programmer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 384 527
Rank change year-on-year +81 +143 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 19 15 55
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.081% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.086% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 29
10th Percentile £282 £349 £325
25th Percentile £406 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £554 £513 £588
90th Percentile £617 £593 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £32.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -43.75% -41.82% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 11,350 17,443 36,018
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 94.40% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,115 12,202 25,921
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 385 534
10th Percentile £19.39 £17.06 £15.00
25th Percentile £24.01 £25.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -1.48% +99.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £66.56
90th Percentile £72.13 £85.00 £78.68
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £28.12
% change year-on-year -19.10% +58.28% +40.58%

Programmer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Programmer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Programmer.

Programmer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Programmer over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Programmer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Programmer.

Programmer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Mainframe
2 5 (26.32%) Capacity Management
3 4 (21.05%) Web Application Development
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (21.05%) Unreal Engine
3 4 (21.05%) Storage Management
3 4 (21.05%) Apple
3 4 (21.05%) zOS
3 4 (21.05%) C++
3 4 (21.05%) Perl
3 4 (21.05%) DB2
3 4 (21.05%) Unix
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) OO
3 4 (21.05%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 4 (21.05%) Games
3 4 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (21.05%) QA
3 4 (21.05%) Git
3 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
4 3 (15.79%) IBM
4 3 (15.79%) CICS
4 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.53%) iSeries
5 2 (10.53%) RPG IV
5 2 (10.53%) REXX
5 2 (10.53%) RPG

Programmer 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 3 (15.79%) CICS
2 2 (10.53%) MQSeries
3 1 (5.26%) CMS
3 1 (5.26%) Jadu
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) DB2
2 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.26%) Adabas
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (21.05%) Games
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (21.05%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (5.26%) FHIR
3 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.26%) ISPF
3 1 (5.26%) Kafka
3 1 (5.26%) Middleware
3 1 (5.26%) ODBC
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
3 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Mainframe
2 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) AS400
3 2 (10.53%) iSeries
4 1 (5.26%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (5.26%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (5.26%) Low-Code
4 1 (5.26%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Unix
1 4 (21.05%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Capacity Management
2 4 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (21.05%) OO
2 4 (21.05%) Storage Management
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) Web Application Development
3 1 (5.26%) Agile
3 1 (5.26%) API Development
3 1 (5.26%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.26%) Change Management
3 1 (5.26%) CRM
3 1 (5.26%) ePrescribing
3 1 (5.26%) Informatics
3 1 (5.26%) Integration Testing
3 1 (5.26%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (5.26%) Project Management
3 1 (5.26%) Scrum
3 1 (5.26%) Task Automation
3 1 (5.26%) User Experience
3 1 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) C++
2 4 (21.05%) Perl
2 4 (21.05%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) COBOL
3 2 (10.53%) REXX
3 2 (10.53%) RPG
3 2 (10.53%) RPG IV
4 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) RACF
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Apple
2 3 (15.79%) IBM
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Software AG