Actionable Insight Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Actionable Insight skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Insight over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 247 390
Rank change year-on-year +101 +143 +18
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 172 105 80
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.74% 0.68% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.78% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 69 55
10th Percentile £329 £338 £413
25th Percentile £400 £375 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +3.29%
75th Percentile £605 £550 £591
90th Percentile £771 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £18.25 - £78.75
25th Percentile £22.75 - £80.63
Median hourly rate £30.25 £22.87 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.27% -73.09% +61.90%
75th Percentile £35.34 - £88.13
90th Percentile £35.96 - £89.25
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £42.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -31.60% -50.00% +61.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Actionable Insight falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,023 13,505 23,232
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.03% 87.83% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,195 9,015 16,421
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 573 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £24.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

Actionable Insight
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Actionable Insight trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Actionable Insight.

Actionable Insight daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Actionable Insight daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Insight
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Actionable Insight.

Actionable Insight hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Insight
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Actionable Insight hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Insight
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 9 (5.23%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.49%) Confluence
4 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.16%) SAS
7 1 (0.58%) CMS
7 1 (0.58%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 12 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Endur
2 1 (0.58%) Actimize
2 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Magento
2 1 (0.58%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) SessionCam
2 1 (0.58%) Shopify
2 1 (0.58%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.28%) Power Platform
2 24 (13.95%) Azure
3 20 (11.63%) AWS
4 14 (8.14%) GCP
5 8 (4.65%) SaaS
6 6 (3.49%) dbt
7 5 (2.91%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.91%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (2.33%) Cloudflare
8 4 (2.33%) GitHub
8 4 (2.33%) OCI
8 4 (2.33%) Serverless
9 3 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.74%) Figma
9 3 (1.74%) Miro
9 3 (1.74%) Slack
9 3 (1.74%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.49%) Firewall
2 3 (1.74%) MQTT
3 2 (1.16%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.16%) Internet
4 1 (0.58%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.12%) Power BI
2 25 (14.53%) Tableau
3 12 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.23%) Data Mining
5 8 (4.65%) Looker
6 7 (4.07%) MySQL
7 6 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.49%) MS Access
8 5 (2.91%) Big Data
8 5 (2.91%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.33%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.74%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.74%) Metadata
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.16%) Power Query
11 2 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.23%) JIRA
2 7 (4.07%) Git
3 4 (2.33%) QARun
3 4 (2.33%) WinRunner
4 2 (1.16%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.58%) ERwin
5 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.58%) MLflow
5 1 (0.58%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.58%) Postman
General
1 82 (47.67%) Social Skills
2 54 (31.40%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (23.26%) Finance
4 23 (13.37%) Marketing
5 19 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 14 (8.14%) Retail
7 11 (6.40%) Telecoms
8 9 (5.23%) Banking
9 8 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.49%) Electronics
11 6 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.91%) Billing
12 5 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.91%) Local Government
13 4 (2.33%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.74%) Advertising
14 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 2 (1.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 45 (26.16%) Analyst
2 23 (13.37%) Consultant
3 22 (12.79%) Developer
4 21 (12.21%) Data Analyst
4 21 (12.21%) Senior
5 17 (9.88%) Business Analyst
6 14 (8.14%) Data Scientist
7 11 (6.40%) Architect
8 7 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.49%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.49%) Endur Architect
9 6 (3.49%) Endur Consultant
9 6 (3.49%) ETRM Consultant
9 6 (3.49%) OpenLink Architect
9 6 (3.49%) OpenLink Consultant
9 6 (3.49%) User Researcher
10 5 (2.91%) .NET Developer
10 5 (2.91%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.91%) Operations Manager
10 5 (2.91%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.23%) TensorFlow
2 7 (4.07%) Web Services
2 7 (4.07%) XML
3 6 (3.49%) RESTful
4 5 (2.91%) .NET
4 5 (2.91%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.91%) Entity Framework
4 5 (2.91%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (2.33%) Middleware
5 4 (2.33%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.74%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.16%) HTML
7 2 (1.16%) Hugging Face
7 2 (1.16%) Node.js
7 2 (1.16%) Pandas
7 2 (1.16%) PySpark
7 2 (1.16%) scikit-learn
7 2 (1.16%) SpaCy
7 2 (1.16%) SPFx
8 1 (0.58%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.14%) Algorithms
2 7 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.91%) NHS
4 4 (2.33%) Life Science
4 4 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.74%) Equities
5 3 (1.74%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.74%) IoT
5 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.74%) SCADA
5 3 (1.74%) Social Media
6 2 (1.16%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.16%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (1.16%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.07%) Windows
2 4 (2.33%) Unix
3 3 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.58%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (31.98%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (27.91%) Analytics
3 47 (27.33%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (24.42%) Agile
5 40 (23.26%) Data Analysis
6 39 (22.67%) Visualisation
7 38 (22.09%) Decision-Making
8 27 (15.70%) Data Science
8 27 (15.70%) Machine Learning
9 26 (15.12%) Data Modelling
10 25 (14.53%) Data Visualisation
11 22 (12.79%) Artificial Intelligence
12 21 (12.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (11.63%) Data Governance
14 18 (10.47%) ETL
15 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (8.72%) Data Pipeline
16 15 (8.72%) Project Management
17 14 (8.14%) DevOps
18 13 (7.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (34.30%) SQL
2 39 (22.67%) Python
3 7 (4.07%) R
4 5 (2.91%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.33%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.74%) Bash
6 3 (1.74%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (13.37%) Degree
2 18 (10.47%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.91%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.74%) CISSP
6 2 (1.16%) CFA
6 2 (1.16%) CISA
6 2 (1.16%) CISM
6 2 (1.16%) MBA
7 1 (0.58%) CBAP
7 1 (0.58%) GCIA
7 1 (0.58%) GCIH
7 1 (0.58%) GIAC
7 1 (0.58%) IIBA
7 1 (0.58%) PhD
7 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.58%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.58%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.23%) GDPR
2 9 (5.23%) QA
3 8 (4.65%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.74%) NIST
5 2 (1.16%) GxP
5 2 (1.16%) NCSC
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.58%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.58%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.91%) Docker
2 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.65%) Terraform
2 3 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.58%) Ansible
3 1 (0.58%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.72%) Google
3 11 (6.40%) SAP
3 11 (6.40%) Splunk
4 7 (4.07%) Oracle
5 6 (3.49%) Adobe
5 6 (3.49%) Databricks
5 6 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.33%) Citrix
6 4 (2.33%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.16%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.16%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.16%) Cerner
7 2 (1.16%) Kronos
7 2 (1.16%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (1.16%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.16%) TikTok
8 1 (0.58%) Amplitude
8 1 (0.58%) Glassbox
8 1 (0.58%) Pega