Hybrid/Remote Bill of Materials Contract Job Trends

Bill of Materials
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Bill of Materials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 308 360
Rank change year-on-year -2 +52 +163
Contract jobs citing Bill of Materials 5 5 9
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.044% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.049% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £474 - £537
25th Percentile £489 - £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -9.09% +18.63%
75th Percentile £557 - £650
90th Percentile £564 - -
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £605
% change year-on-year -3.64% -9.09% +12.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £38.04
UK median hourly rate - - £34.00
% change year-on-year - - -19.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Bill of Materials 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 9,269 10,143 14,496
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.54% 89.37% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,114 6,359 9,898
10th Percentile £331 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 202 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.29 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.02 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.83% -33.93% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.19 £71.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Bill of Materials
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Bill of Materials job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Bill of Materials
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bill of Materials.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VXLAN
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (20.00%) IPv6
3 1 (20.00%) Modbus
3 1 (20.00%) Multicast
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) RS-485
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Presales Solution Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) CCSE
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Aruba
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Arista
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft