Statistics Contracts with Work from Home Options

Statistics
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 Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 329 377
Rank change year-on-year +70 +48 -76
Contract jobs citing Statistics 83 136 253
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.56% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.63% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 78 169
10th Percentile £164 £156 £261
25th Percentile £319 £316 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £461 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -16.14% +15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £950 £718 £746
UK median daily rate £475 £503 £525
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 13
10th Percentile £21.45 - £18.50
25th Percentile £23.47 £16.98 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £19.49 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -2.55% -16.67%
75th Percentile £42.88 £20.10 £25.00
90th Percentile £53.64 £21.99 £26.91
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £19.49 £26.00
% change year-on-year +15.44% -25.04% +10.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Statistics 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 12,743 21,731 40,495
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.55% 89.66% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,582 15,423 29,469
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +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 569 503 524
10th Percentile £14.79 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.85 £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 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Statistics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Statistics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Statistics
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 Statistics.

Statistics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Statistics over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Statistics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Statistics
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 Statistics.

Statistics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Statistics
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Statistics over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Statistics hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Statistics
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 6 (7.23%) Apache Spark
2 5 (6.02%) SAS
3 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.41%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.41%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.20%) Apache
5 1 (1.20%) GeoServer
Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Revit
2 2 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.41%) SPSS
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Power Platform
2 12 (14.46%) Azure
3 6 (7.23%) GCP
4 5 (6.02%) AWS
5 2 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.41%) PaaS
5 2 (2.41%) SaaS
5 2 (2.41%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.20%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub
6 1 (1.20%) Google App Engine
6 1 (1.20%) npm
6 1 (1.20%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) SAN
2 2 (2.41%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (1.20%) DNS
3 1 (1.20%) Firewall
3 1 (1.20%) HTTP
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) NGFW
3 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.07%) Power BI
1 15 (18.07%) Tableau
2 10 (12.05%) Big Data
3 8 (9.64%) Hadoop
4 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.61%) Presto
5 3 (3.61%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (2.41%) Metadata
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Power View
6 2 (2.41%) PowerPivot
6 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.41%) Tableau Server
7 1 (1.20%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.20%) QlikView
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (51.81%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (42.17%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Finance
4 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.23%) Banking
6 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Marketing
8 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.61%) Publishing
8 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Retail
10 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Retail Finance
10 1 (1.20%) Social Science
10 1 (1.20%) Welsh Language
10 1 (1.20%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Analyst
2 15 (18.07%) Data Scientist
3 11 (13.25%) Senior
4 8 (9.64%) Data Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Developer
6 5 (6.02%) Availability Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Capacity and Availability Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Capacity Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Credit Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Qualitative Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Quantitative Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.61%) Consultant
8 3 (3.61%) Operations Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Problem Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (3.61%) Site Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Software Asset Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Software Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) HTML
2 5 (6.02%) CSS
2 5 (6.02%) PySpark
3 3 (3.61%) Pandas
3 3 (3.61%) React Native
3 3 (3.61%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.41%) D3.js
4 2 (2.41%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.20%) CSS3
5 1 (1.20%) Express.js
5 1 (1.20%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.20%) HTML5
5 1 (1.20%) Kafka
5 1 (1.20%) Laravel
5 1 (1.20%) Node.js
5 1 (1.20%) NumPy
5 1 (1.20%) PostGIS
5 1 (1.20%) REST
5 1 (1.20%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.05%) Algorithms
3 8 (9.64%) Virtual Team
4 7 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (7.23%) Credit Derivative
5 6 (7.23%) Derivative
6 5 (6.02%) CMDB
7 4 (4.82%) Hedge funds
8 3 (3.61%) Data Structures
8 3 (3.61%) NHS
9 2 (2.41%) Credit Risk
9 2 (2.41%) FMCG
9 2 (2.41%) HP Storage
9 2 (2.41%) Multi-touch
9 2 (2.41%) Social Media
10 1 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.20%) PropTech
10 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
2 2 (2.41%) AIX
2 2 (2.41%) Solaris
2 2 (2.41%) Windows
3 1 (1.20%) Android
3 1 (1.20%) Debian
3 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.73%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (31.33%) Mathematics
3 24 (28.92%) Data Science
4 23 (27.71%) Computer Science
5 22 (26.51%) Data Analysis
6 21 (25.30%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (25.30%) Visualisation
7 18 (21.69%) Mentoring
8 17 (20.48%) Analytics
9 16 (19.28%) Machine Learning
9 16 (19.28%) Quality Management
9 16 (19.28%) Service Management
10 15 (18.07%) Agile
10 15 (18.07%) Data Visualisation
11 12 (14.46%) Physics
12 11 (13.25%) Data Modelling
13 10 (12.05%) Artificial Intelligence
13 10 (12.05%) Model Validation
14 9 (10.84%) Decision-Making
14 9 (10.84%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 40 (48.19%) Python
2 25 (30.12%) SQL
3 18 (21.69%) R
4 7 (8.43%) C++
5 5 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.41%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.41%) Scala
7 1 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.20%) Java
7 1 (1.20%) PHP
7 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (45.78%) Degree
2 23 (27.71%) SC Cleared
2 23 (27.71%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.84%) Numerate Degree
4 7 (8.43%) PhD
5 6 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.61%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.20%) CCSP
8 1 (1.20%) CFA
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.20%) CISSP
8 1 (1.20%) MBA
8 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.28%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.41%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Docker
1 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.20%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (2.41%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (2.41%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) Google
2 3 (3.61%) Splunk
2 3 (3.61%) Teradata
2 3 (3.61%) VMware
3 2 (2.41%) Brocade
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco
3 2 (2.41%) Cloudera
3 2 (2.41%) EMC
3 2 (2.41%) HP
3 2 (2.41%) Oracle
3 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.41%) Symantec
4 1 (1.20%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.20%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.20%) CA
4 1 (1.20%) Cognos
4 1 (1.20%) Intel
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.20%) Remedy