Actionable Recommendations Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Actionable Recommendations
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 334 471
Rank change year-on-year +59 +137 +129
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 29 11 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.072% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.95% 0.49% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 4
10th Percentile £391 £348 £435
25th Percentile £418 £394 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £508 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -13.62% +1.29%
75th Percentile £550 £641 £650
90th Percentile £688 £695 £740
UK median daily rate £460 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -5.64% -11.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.87 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.44 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

Actionable Recommendations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Actionable Recommendations
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 Recommendations.

Actionable Recommendations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Actionable Recommendations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Actionable Recommendations
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 2 (6.90%) Apache Spark
1 2 (6.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) SAS
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Actimize
1 1 (3.45%) SAP GTS
1 1 (3.45%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Functions
3 2 (6.90%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
1 2 (6.90%) Internet
1 2 (6.90%) MQTT
2 1 (3.45%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Data Mining
2 4 (13.79%) Tableau
3 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.90%) Big Data
4 2 (6.90%) BigQuery
4 2 (6.90%) Hadoop
4 2 (6.90%) Looker
4 2 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.45%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.45%) Pa11y
General
1 21 (72.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Advertising
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Data Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Data Scientist
3 4 (13.79%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) SEO Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Tester
6 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Compliance Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Risk Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Algorithms
1 5 (17.24%) NHS
2 3 (10.34%) Life Science
2 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.34%) SCADA
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
3 2 (6.90%) Digital Media
3 2 (6.90%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (6.90%) IoT
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Kali Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 10 (34.48%) Analytics
2 10 (34.48%) Visualisation
3 8 (27.59%) Machine Learning
3 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (24.14%) Data Science
4 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
5 6 (20.69%) Data Analysis
5 6 (20.69%) Data Visualisation
5 6 (20.69%) Statistical Modelling
6 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
7 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
7 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
7 4 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (13.79%) Mathematics
7 4 (13.79%) Statistics
7 4 (13.79%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) Python
2 4 (13.79%) R
3 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) CISM
3 2 (6.90%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) CBAP
4 1 (3.45%) CISA
4 1 (3.45%) GCIA
4 1 (3.45%) GCIH
4 1 (3.45%) GIAC
4 1 (3.45%) IIBA
4 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.45%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) NCSC
2 2 (6.90%) NIST
2 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) GxP
3 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.45%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
1 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Google
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Glassbox
2 1 (3.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk