Hybrid/Remote Backends for Frontends Contract Job Trends

Backends for Frontends (BFF)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Backends for Frontends skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 - 361
Rank change year-on-year - - +152
Contract jobs citing Backends for Frontends 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% - 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.15%
75th Percentile - - £519
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -1.08% +2.44% -18.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Backends for Frontends 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 9,646 9,641 14,568
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.69% 90.11% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,305 6,181 9,776
10th Percentile £334 £329 £335
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 182 498
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.29 £15.23
25th Percentile £25.38 £24.63 £22.03
Median hourly rate £50.00 £38.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.01 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.06
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.48%

Backends for Frontends
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Backends for Frontends job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Backends for Frontends
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Backends for Frontends
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP