Houdini Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Houdini skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Houdini over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 464 626
Rank change year-on-year +122 +162 -
Contract jobs citing Houdini 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
As % of the Applications category 0.092% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £286 £375
25th Percentile - £288 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £295 £400
Median % change year-on-year +103.39% -26.25% -
75th Percentile - £303 £447
90th Percentile - £304 £471
UK median daily rate £600 £430 £406
% change year-on-year +39.53% +5.85% +91.18%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Houdini is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,092 1,615 2,860
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.38% 6.56% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 1,107 2,006
10th Percentile £183 £212 £195
25th Percentile £288 £349 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £540
90th Percentile £700 £700 £631
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £431
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.28% +7.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 99 132
10th Percentile £12.84 £15.96 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.45 £23.44 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +38.46% +85.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £59.74
UK median hourly rate £17.11 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.03% +50.23% +19.44%

Houdini
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Houdini as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Houdini trend for jobs with a WFH option

Houdini
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Houdini.

Houdini daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Houdini
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Perforce