Hybrid/Remote FIDO Contract Job Trends

FIDO Alliance (FIDO2)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring FIDO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 299 344
Rank change year-on-year -45 +45 +104
Contract jobs citing FIDO 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.054% 0.021% 0.014%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% 0.077% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -26.91% -3.51%
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile £580 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £559 £550
% change year-on-year +7.33% +1.64% -8.71%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

FIDO 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 3,019 2,602 3,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.50% 26.84% 25.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,009 1,875 2,594
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £655
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 30 92
10th Percentile £50.08 £50.70 £24.23
25th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +51.16% -33.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.75
% change year-on-year +15.56% +8.70% -20.38%

FIDO
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FIDO and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

FIDO job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

FIDO
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FIDO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FIDO

FIDO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure Logic Apps
1 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
1 5 (71.43%) Power Automate
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) GitHub
3 2 (28.57%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth2
2 1 (14.29%) OpenID
2 1 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) YubiKey
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Zero Trust
2 5 (71.43%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) B2B
4 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
4 3 (42.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (42.86%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 2 (28.57%) RBAC
5 2 (28.57%) Runbook
5 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Virtual Environments
5 2 (28.57%) Workflow
6 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Workday