Hybrid/Remote Ahrefs Contract Job Trends

Ahrefs
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of Ahrefs products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ahrefs over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ahrefs.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 - 407
Rank change year-on-year - - +190
Contract jobs citing Ahrefs 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.022% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile £525 - £188
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - £175
% change year-on-year - - -18.60%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Ahrefs falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,592 5,487 8,460
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 47.43% 44.16% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,808 3,310 5,549
10th Percentile £325 £325 £315
25th Percentile £425 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -0.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 99 194
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.50 £17.04
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.75 £25.71
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.60 £76.50 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -24.24% -24.83% +83.61%

Ahrefs
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ahrefs and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Ahrefs job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ahrefs
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ahrefs.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ahrefs

Ahrefs
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SEO Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog