Hybrid/Remote IC Design Contract Job Trends

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring IC Design skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 334 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IC Design 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.016% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

IC Design 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 9,126 11,192 18,703
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.09% 87.37% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,064 7,366 13,173
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 333 455
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.65 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.94 £30.12 £25.95
Median hourly rate £35.25 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% -14.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £69.38
90th Percentile £68.53 £75.00 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.65
% change year-on-year -40.16% +0.91% +51.45%

IC Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IC Design trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing IC Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing IC Design