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 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2,708 4,786 8,994
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.94% 19.05% 20.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.18% 19.98% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,939 3,580 6,836
10th Percentile £325 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £778 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £509 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.45% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 64 74
10th Percentile £22.58 £38.95 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £54.69 £36.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% +17.98%
75th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £82.95 £83.50 £70.74
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +17.92% +17.78%

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 14,116 23,953 42,349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.34% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,456 16,906 30,628
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 553 596
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.61 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.42 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.74 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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.

1 640 (23.63%) JavaScript
2 627 (23.15%) SQL
3 591 (21.82%) C#
4 560 (20.68%) Agile
5 505 (18.65%) AWS
6 494 (18.24%) Finance
7 486 (17.95%) Azure
8 485 (17.91%) Java
9 484 (17.87%) Python
10 413 (15.25%) .NET
11 392 (14.48%) HTML
12 381 (14.07%) React
13 379 (14.00%) Social Skills
14 377 (13.92%) Software Engineering
15 340 (12.56%) Degree
16 326 (12.04%) TypeScript
17 323 (11.93%) DevOps
18 316 (11.67%) Full Stack Development
19 308 (11.37%) Code Quality
20 286 (10.56%) Artificial Intelligence
21 270 (9.97%) CSS
22 265 (9.79%) CI/CD
23 262 (9.68%) Microsoft
24 248 (9.16%) SQL Server
25 247 (9.12%) Conversational UI
26 246 (9.08%) Security Cleared
27 245 (9.05%) Chatbot
28 241 (8.90%) PayPal
29 227 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
30 215 (7.94%) AngularJS

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 53 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (1.85%) Apache
3 48 (1.77%) CMS
4 44 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 23 (0.85%) WordPress
6 21 (0.78%) nginx
7 19 (0.70%) SAS
7 19 (0.70%) Umbraco
8 18 (0.66%) Apache Spark
9 15 (0.55%) Confluence
10 12 (0.44%) Headless CMS
11 11 (0.41%) Drupal
12 9 (0.33%) Anypoint
12 9 (0.33%) CICS
13 8 (0.30%) Kentico
13 8 (0.30%) Mule
14 6 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
15 5 (0.18%) Mule ESB
15 5 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 245 (9.05%) Chatbot
2 26 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.074%) 3ds Max
6 2 (0.074%) Blender
7 1 (0.037%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.037%) Houdini
7 1 (0.037%) InDesign
7 1 (0.037%) InVision
7 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.037%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.037%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.55%) Endur
4 11 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 7 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.26%) SAP FI-AP
7 7 (0.26%) Shopify
8 6 (0.22%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.18%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
10 4 (0.15%) Magento
10 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.11%) Exstream
12 2 (0.074%) Adobe Campaign
12 2 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.074%) RMDS
12 2 (0.074%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 505 (18.65%) AWS
2 486 (17.95%) Azure
3 170 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 167 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
5 154 (5.69%) GCP
6 96 (3.55%) Serverless
7 81 (2.99%) GitHub
8 79 (2.92%) PowerApps
9 67 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 62 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
11 53 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
12 48 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
13 46 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 43 (1.59%) Amazon S3
15 42 (1.55%) Azure Functions
16 39 (1.44%) SaaS
17 38 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
18 37 (1.37%) dbt
19 31 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
19 31 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 21 (0.78%) TCP/IP
2 17 (0.63%) HTTP
2 17 (0.63%) SAN
3 7 (0.26%) Intranet
3 7 (0.26%) VPN
4 4 (0.15%) DNS
4 4 (0.15%) Firewall
4 4 (0.15%) FTP
4 4 (0.15%) Internet
4 4 (0.15%) MQTT
4 4 (0.15%) SSL
5 3 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.11%) WAN
6 1 (0.037%) ATM
6 1 (0.037%) DHCP
6 1 (0.037%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.037%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.037%) LAN
6 1 (0.037%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.037%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (9.16%) SQL Server
2 119 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
3 111 (4.10%) Power BI
4 78 (2.88%) MySQL
5 71 (2.62%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.25%) MongoDB
6 61 (2.25%) Oracle Database
7 58 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 48 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 43 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
10 39 (1.44%) Apache Ignite
11 37 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 34 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
13 33 (1.22%) Apache Arrow
13 33 (1.22%) Dremio
14 32 (1.18%) Data Lake
15 31 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
16 23 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
16 23 (0.85%) Redis
17 22 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 150 (5.54%) Git
2 71 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 69 (2.55%) JIRA
4 50 (1.85%) GitLab
5 38 (1.40%) Cypress.io
6 31 (1.14%) Mockito
6 31 (1.14%) Visual Studio
7 29 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 29 (1.07%) JUnit
8 23 (0.85%) Selenium
9 21 (0.78%) Maven
9 21 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
10 19 (0.70%) SpecFlow
11 18 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
12 17 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
13 15 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
13 15 (0.55%) webpack
14 13 (0.48%) Storybook
15 11 (0.41%) Android Studio
16 10 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 494 (18.24%) Finance
2 379 (14.00%) Social Skills
3 206 (7.61%) Banking
3 206 (7.61%) Front Office
4 176 (6.50%) Public Sector
5 133 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (3.91%) Investment Banking
7 44 (1.62%) Retail
8 39 (1.44%) Financial Institution
9 36 (1.33%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.00%) Marketing
13 20 (0.74%) Tech for Good
14 14 (0.52%) Back Office
14 14 (0.52%) Law
15 13 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (0.44%) Billing
17 11 (0.41%) Retail Banking
18 10 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 413 (15.25%) .NET
2 392 (14.48%) HTML
3 381 (14.07%) React
4 270 (9.97%) CSS
5 215 (7.94%) AngularJS
6 179 (6.61%) Node.js
7 177 (6.54%) REST
8 111 (4.10%) Web Services
9 110 (4.06%) Spring
9 110 (4.06%) Spring Boot
10 98 (3.62%) RESTful
11 89 (3.29%) XML
12 87 (3.21%) .NET Framework
13 85 (3.14%) .NET Core
14 81 (2.99%) ASP.NET
14 81 (2.99%) GraphQL
15 73 (2.70%) Vue
16 71 (2.62%) Kafka
17 57 (2.10%) Next.js
18 53 (1.96%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.32%) Derivative
2 112 (4.14%) Fixed Income
3 73 (2.70%) Hedge funds
4 69 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
5 68 (2.51%) Product Ownership
6 65 (2.40%) Equities
7 58 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 56 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 45 (1.66%) Algorithms
11 37 (1.37%) Equity Derivative
12 29 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 28 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
15 22 (0.81%) Cloud Native
16 21 (0.78%) Onboarding
17 20 (0.74%) Credit Derivative
18 19 (0.70%) Management Information System
19 16 (0.59%) Blockchain
20 15 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.14%) Linux
2 67 (2.47%) Unix
3 51 (1.88%) Android
4 40 (1.48%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.74%) Windows
6 19 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 17 (0.63%) Debian
8 9 (0.33%) zOS
9 7 (0.26%) VMS
10 4 (0.15%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.074%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.074%) CentOS
12 2 (0.074%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.037%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.037%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.037%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (20.68%) Agile
2 377 (13.92%) Software Engineering
3 323 (11.93%) DevOps
4 316 (11.67%) Full Stack Development
5 308 (11.37%) Code Quality
6 286 (10.56%) Artificial Intelligence
7 265 (9.79%) CI/CD
8 247 (9.12%) Conversational UI
9 227 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
10 199 (7.35%) Microservices
11 197 (7.27%) Front End Development
12 145 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
13 144 (5.32%) TDD
14 137 (5.06%) Test Automation
15 132 (4.87%) Unit Testing
16 131 (4.84%) User Experience
17 130 (4.80%) Data Modelling
18 127 (4.69%) Analytics
19 126 (4.65%) Scrum
20 110 (4.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 640 (23.63%) JavaScript
2 627 (23.15%) SQL
3 591 (21.82%) C#
4 485 (17.91%) Java
5 484 (17.87%) Python
6 326 (12.04%) TypeScript
7 91 (3.36%) PHP
8 80 (2.95%) PL/SQL
9 74 (2.73%) C++
10 70 (2.58%) PowerShell
11 50 (1.85%) Kotlin
12 47 (1.74%) Scala
13 46 (1.70%) Go
14 39 (1.44%) ABAP
15 38 (1.40%) Bicep
15 38 (1.40%) Ruby
16 27 (1.00%) Bash
17 24 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 24 (0.89%) T-SQL
18 23 (0.85%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 340 (12.56%) Degree
2 246 (9.08%) Security Cleared
3 213 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (0.92%) DV Cleared
7 22 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 13 (0.48%) PhD
9 7 (0.26%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.22%) CCNA
10 6 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.15%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.037%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.037%) CAPM
13 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.037%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.037%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (2.81%) Accessibility
2 62 (2.29%) QA
3 25 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 23 (0.85%) WCAG
5 9 (0.33%) MiFID
6 7 (0.26%) HL7
7 6 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.18%) GDPR
8 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.15%) SEPA
10 3 (0.11%) SLA
11 1 (0.037%) EMIR
11 1 (0.037%) FATCA
11 1 (0.037%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.037%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.037%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.037%) NIST
System Software
1 126 (4.65%) Docker
2 46 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.37%) IAG
4 8 (0.30%) ACF2
4 8 (0.30%) RACF
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.11%) Firmware
6 3 (0.11%) zsh
7 2 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.037%) GridGain
8 1 (0.037%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 129 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 81 (2.99%) Terraform
3 20 (0.74%) Grafana
4 19 (0.70%) Ansible
4 19 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.26%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.18%) Kibana
9 3 (0.11%) Packer
9 3 (0.11%) Podman
9 3 (0.11%) Zipkin
10 2 (0.074%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.074%) Istio
10 2 (0.074%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.074%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.074%) Puppet
11 1 (0.037%) Argo
11 1 (0.037%) Rancher
11 1 (0.037%) SCOM
Vendors
1 262 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 241 (8.90%) PayPal
3 184 (6.79%) Oracle
4 67 (2.47%) SAP
4 67 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 57 (2.10%) Google
7 32 (1.18%) IBM
8 22 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 19 (0.70%) Adobe
10 18 (0.66%) Databricks
10 18 (0.66%) MuleSoft
10 18 (0.66%) VMware
11 15 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.52%) Bloomberg
13 13 (0.48%) Guidewire
14 12 (0.44%) OpenLink
14 12 (0.44%) Siebel
14 12 (0.44%) Splunk
14 12 (0.44%) Sybase