Subject Matter Expert Contracts with Work from Home Options

Subject Matter Expert
UK > Work from Home

The median Subject Matter Expert daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 464 616
Rank change year-on-year +120 +152 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Subject Matter Expert 4 12 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.049% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £416 £455 £356
25th Percentile £422 £525 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -1.12% -5.16%
75th Percentile £519 - £738
90th Percentile £553 £565 £919
UK median daily rate £425 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -22.73% +7.32% -18.78%

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 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £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 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Subject Matter Expert
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Subject Matter Expert trend for jobs with a WFH option

Subject Matter Expert
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 Subject Matter Expert.

Subject Matter Expert daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Subject Matter Expert
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Subject Matter Expert over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Subject Matter Expert daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Subject Matter Expert 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 Subject Matter Expert in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) JDA
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Information Management
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Salsify
1 1 (25.00%) Product Information Management

Subject Matter Expert 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Salsify
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Information Management
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Product Information Management
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) JDA
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk