Houdini Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SideFX Houdini
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Houdini skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Houdini over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 348 472
Rank change year-on-year - +124 +148
Contract jobs citing Houdini 0 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Applications category - 0.086% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £286
25th Percentile - - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £295
Median % change year-on-year - +103.39% -26.25%
75th Percentile - - £303
90th Percentile - - £304
UK median daily rate - £575 £430
% change year-on-year - +33.72% +5.85%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Houdini falls under the Software 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 software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 711 1,168 1,668
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.18% 7.63% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 510 1,139
10th Percentile £213 £182 £213
25th Percentile £274 £288 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £584
90th Percentile £650 £712 £700
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 178 102
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.95 £15.78
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.44 £24.63
Median hourly rate £16.25 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% -22.22% +63.13%
75th Percentile £32.05 £57.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.50 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £35.75
% change year-on-year +33.13% -50.43% +66.28%

Houdini
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Houdini trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Houdini
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Houdini daily rate for jobs with a WFH option