fastlane Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

fastlane
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring fastlane skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited fastlane over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 463
Rank change year-on-year - - +134
Contract jobs citing fastlane 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - - 0.012%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £481
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.78%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - £565
UK median daily rate - £450 £476
% change year-on-year - -5.46% -13.45%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

fastlane falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,482 1,784 3,817
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.16% 11.94% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,070 1,277 2,734
10th Percentile £340 £360 £394
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.96% +3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 40 109
10th Percentile £26.60 £26.12 £39.60
25th Percentile £55.25 £45.06 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +21.50%
75th Percentile £78.75 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.00 - £82.96
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% +17.04%

fastlane
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

fastlane trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

fastlane
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

fastlane daily rate for jobs with a WFH option