DRM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
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 DRM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DRM over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 431 617
Rank change year-on-year +88 +186 -142
Contract jobs citing DRM 1 40 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.16% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.17% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 24 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £609 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £618 £676
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -8.65% +12.67%
75th Percentile £538 £638 -
90th Percentile - £775 -
UK median daily rate £475 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -23.08% +7.39% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

DRM 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 13,413 23,039 40,643
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.76% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,959 16,290 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 529 544
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.58
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

DRM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

DRM trend for jobs with a WFH option

DRM
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 DRM.

DRM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DRM
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 DRM.

DRM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DRM
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Record to Report
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) SAP