FMEA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring FMEA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMEA 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 302 341 473
Rank change year-on-year +39 +132 +141
Contract jobs citing FMEA 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.026% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.030% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +35.71% -22.22% -10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £30.78 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £33.83 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £36.05 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.48% -27.91% -
75th Percentile £26.75 £39.43 -
90th Percentile - £44.57 -
UK median hourly rate £33.25 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% -15.00% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

FMEA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

FMEA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

FMEA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

FMEA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

FMEA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMEA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

FMEA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMEA
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) VectorCAST
General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Post-Production
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Synopsys