Hybrid/Remote Graduate Contract Job Trends

Graduate
UK > Work from Home

The median Graduate daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £218, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 - 424
Rank change year-on-year - - +175
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £133 - -
25th Percentile £179 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.35%
75th Percentile £238 - £238
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £225 - £150
% change year-on-year - - -11.76%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,188 11,859 19,730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 93.43% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,037 7,749 13,924
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 308 464
10th Percentile £13.10 £19.06 £16.98
25th Percentile £19.07 £30.69 £24.31
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Graduate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Graduate in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Graduate trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Graduate
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Graduate job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Graduate job vacancies

Graduate
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Graduate job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Graduate job vacancies

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Graduate contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) OSINT
4 1 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Django
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) Social Media

Graduate Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) OSINT
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Social Media Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft