Hybrid/Remote Forward Deployed Engineer Contract Job Trends
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
UK > Work from Home
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 372 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.10% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £320 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £625 | £650 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 12,853 | 9,512 | 11,241 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.90% | 93.75% | 93.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,080 | 6,240 | 7,042 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £518 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.30% | -1.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £738 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 777 | 332 | 202 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.29 | £15.01 | £19.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.49 | £20.50 | £23.67 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £41.69 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.92% | +4.23% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.55 | £68.68 | £72.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
Forward Deployed Engineer Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Daily rate distribution for Forward Deployed Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Forward Deployed Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Forward Deployed Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 78.6% | 11 |
| 2 | AWS | 64.3% | 9 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 57.1% | 8 |
| 3 | JavaScript | 57.1% | 8 |
| 3 | TypeScript | 57.1% | 8 |
| 6 | Software Engineering | 50.0% | 7 |
| 7 | Full-Stack Development | 42.9% | 6 |
| 7 | PostgreSQL | 42.9% | 6 |
| 7 | SQL | 42.9% | 6 |
| 10 | Anthropic Claude | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Cloudflare | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Git | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | GitHub | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Integration Testing | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Next.js | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Supabase | 35.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Vitest | 35.7% | 5 |
| 18 | Azure | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | CSS | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | End-to-End Testing | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | GitHub Copilot | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | HTML | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | QA | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Release Management | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Responsive Web Design | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Stakeholder Engagement | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Stakeholder Management | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Test Automation | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Validation | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Visual Studio Code | 28.6% | 4 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Engineer | 14.3% | 2 |
| 2 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 2 | Kubernetes Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |