Cognizant
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of Cognizant products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cognizant over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cognizant Technology Solutions.
|
|
6 months to
4 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
314 |
314 |
400 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
+86 |
+177 |
| Contract jobs citing Cognizant |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options |
0.010% |
0.050% |
0.043% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
0.021% |
0.11% |
0.095% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
6 |
1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£350 |
£500 |
£270 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-30.00% |
+85.19% |
-55.00% |
| UK median daily rate |
£350 |
£500 |
£594 |
| % change year-on-year |
-30.00% |
-15.79% |
-1.04% |
Cognizant falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
4,786 |
5,417 |
8,393 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option |
47.65% |
45.04% |
45.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2,948 |
3,243 |
5,464 |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£325 |
£316 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£415 |
£413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£520 |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+0.96% |
-0.95% |
-4.37% |
| 75th Percentile |
£613 |
£625 |
£638 |
| 90th Percentile |
£700 |
£711 |
£721 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£525 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
- |
-1.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
150 |
86 |
186 |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.08 |
£17.79 |
£17.07 |
| 25th Percentile |
£20.50 |
£21.98 |
£24.81 |
| Median hourly rate |
£34.00 |
£39.00 |
£54.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-12.82% |
-28.44% |
+0.93% |
| 75th Percentile |
£63.40 |
£65.00 |
£72.38 |
| 90th Percentile |
£65.25 |
£75.00 |
£86.50 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£25.11 |
£32.00 |
£43.90 |
| % change year-on-year |
-21.53% |
-27.11% |
+75.60% |
