Software Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 468 609
Rank change year-on-year +135 +141 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Software Consultant 11 3 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.072% 0.012% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.012% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile £468 £690 £560
25th Percentile £494 £731 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.00
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - £49.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - £45.00

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 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £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 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Software Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Consultant
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 Consultant.

Software Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software Consultant 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 Software Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
3 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) IEC 61508
4 4 (36.36%) DO-178B
4 4 (36.36%) QA
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Validation
4 4 (36.36%) Military
4 4 (36.36%) C
4 4 (36.36%) Ada
4 4 (36.36%) Software Assurance
4 4 (36.36%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
5 1 (9.09%) CyberArk

Software Consultant 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:

General
1 4 (36.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Software Assurance
1 4 (36.36%) Validation
1 4 (36.36%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Ada
1 4 (36.36%) C
2 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) DO-178B
1 4 (36.36%) IEC 61508
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) CyberArk