Blog Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blog over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 442 546
Rank change year-on-year +110 +104 -140
Contract jobs citing Blog 14 29 74
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.36% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 58
10th Percentile - £235 £400
25th Percentile £560 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% +10.58% -9.57%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £675
90th Percentile - £644 £900
UK median daily rate £450 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £19.68 - -
25th Percentile £26.31 - -
Median hourly rate £37.75 - £21.97
75th Percentile £38.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £13.00 £18.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -29.73% -52.26% +68.99%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Blog is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,350 8,052 13,982
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.55% 31.46% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,958 5,665 9,969
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £430 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £644
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 153 224
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.37
25th Percentile £25.50 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £50.50 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +23.60% +28.84%
75th Percentile £65.02 £70.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.18
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Blog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Blog trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Blog.

Blog daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Blog over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Blog daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Blog.

Blog hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Blog over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Blog hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Marketing
1 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Front Office
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Architect
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Storage Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Storage Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Cost Estimator
4 2 (14.29%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Data Science Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) R Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ODBC
1 1 (7.14%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (7.14%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.14%) Learning Management System
2 1 (7.14%) Market Risk
2 1 (7.14%) SCORM
2 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 7 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (50.00%) High Availability
1 7 (50.00%) Security Management
2 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 4 (28.57%) Time Management
3 2 (14.29%) Brown Bag Session
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Fintech
3 2 (14.29%) Presales
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security
4 1 (7.14%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle
1 7 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft