DAO Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Access Object (DAO)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DAO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAO over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 338 453
Rank change year-on-year +22 +115 +166
Contract jobs citing DAO 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.029% 0.022% 0.004%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.088% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £1,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% - -
75th Percentile £404 £1,406 -
90th Percentile £406 £1,500 -
UK median daily rate £400 £1,250 £375
% change year-on-year -68.00% +233.33% -55.88%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

DAO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,764 3,404 5,639
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.97% 25.18% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,953 2,405 4,183
10th Percentile £350 £332 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £653
90th Percentile £825 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 84 64
10th Percentile £31.25 £35.30 £26.28
25th Percentile £42.44 - £49.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -33.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £67.25 £54.75 £74.06
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.31 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.52% -12.50% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

DAO trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

DAO daily rate 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Collibra
General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Informatica
1 2 (66.67%) OneTrust
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