DOM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Document Object Model (DOM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DOM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DOM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 332 460
Rank change year-on-year +30 +128 +119
Contract jobs citing DOM 2 13 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.085% 0.066%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.078% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 13
10th Percentile £287 £372 £433
25th Percentile £316 £408 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £500 £570
Median % change year-on-year -27.20% -12.28% +8.57%
75th Percentile £412 - -
90th Percentile £441 £508 £730
UK median daily rate £270 £500 £638
% change year-on-year -46.00% -21.57% +18.06%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

DOM 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 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

DOM 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 DOM.

DOM 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 remote working options citing DOM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DOM 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 remote working options citing DOM.

DOM hourly 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) JWT
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Tailwind CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) DOM Manipulation/Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript