Code Optimisation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Code Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Code Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Code Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 351 449
Rank change year-on-year +40 +98 +168
Contract jobs citing Code Optimisation 4 1 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.039% 0.007% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.008% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile £335 - £551
25th Percentile £437 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -31.25% +30.72%
75th Percentile £726 £575 £915
90th Percentile £793 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £563 £795
% change year-on-year -15.56% -29.25% +23.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Code Optimisation 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 9,347 12,702 21,816
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.74% 87.36% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,334 8,549 15,395
10th Percentile £325 £325 £359
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 549 528
10th Percentile £12.73 £14.98 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.00 £25.99
Median hourly rate £34.83 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.06% -19.05% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.10 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £39.92
% change year-on-year -32.93% -6.05% +53.52%

Code Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Code Optimisation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Code Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Code Optimisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Code Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Code Optimisation over the 6 months to 8 July 2025.

Code Optimisation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Code Optimisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Android Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Gradle
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
1 1 (25.00%) Maven
1 1 (25.00%) Mockito
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (25.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Ab Initio Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Angular Developer
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 1 (25.00%) React Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (25.00%) Jest
1 1 (25.00%) JPA
1 1 (25.00%) Mongoose
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
1 1 (25.00%) Redux
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) API Development
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cross-Platform Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (25.00%) Pricing Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) JSX
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ab Initio