Blue Team Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Blue Teaming
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Blue Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blue Team over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 336 458
Rank change year-on-year - +122 +154
Contract jobs citing Blue Team 0 5 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.033% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.038% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £515 £586
25th Percentile - £538 £659
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £563 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -19.64% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £641 -
90th Percentile - £736 -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £606
% change year-on-year -4.55% -9.17% +21.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Blue Team 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 9,005 13,268 22,513
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.30% 88.01% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,199 8,896 15,904
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 573 519
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.03 £18.63
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.45 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.25 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.20 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

Blue Team
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Blue Team trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Blue Team
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Blue Team.

Blue Team daily rate for jobs with a WFH option