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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 - 346
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IC Design 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £57.50

All Process & 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 11,817 9,098 12,787
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.54% 91.76% 87.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,556 6,194 8,597
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £637 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 254 556
10th Percentile £16.81 £13.15 £15.08
25th Percentile £32.06 £19.05 £25.19
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.45 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.22% -17.57% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £60.15
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IC Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IC Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

IC Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence