Technical Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 434 564
Rank change year-on-year +113 +130 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 20 34 51
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 42
10th Percentile - £400 £413
25th Percentile £158 £475 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £550
90th Percentile £691 £737 £621
UK median daily rate £225 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -57.14% +2.94% +3.82%

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 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +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 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +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%

Technical Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Technical Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist.

Technical Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Technical Specialist over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Technical Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist.

Technical Specialist hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Technical Specialist 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 Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (35.00%) ITIL
1 7 (35.00%) SLA
1 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Line Management
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Coaching
2 6 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) BT
2 6 (30.00%) Police
3 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (15.00%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (15.00%) eduroam
4 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (15.00%) Linux
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) Data Management
6 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis

Technical Specialist 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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) eduroam
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Metadata
1 1 (5.00%) MS Access
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.00%) SQLPlus
General
1 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (30.00%) Police
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (5.00%) FMCG
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.00%) LIMS
1 1 (5.00%) NHS
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) ITIL
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Coaching
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Line Management
3 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.00%) Analytics
6 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) Change Control
6 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) Data Integration
6 1 (5.00%) Data Management
6 1 (5.00%) Data Mapping
6 1 (5.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.00%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) SLA
2 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.00%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) BT
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Informatica