Junior Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Junior
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £313, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 265 373
Rank change year-on-year +7 +108 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 46 80 104
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.52% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.56% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 52 76
10th Percentile £143 £175 £190
25th Percentile £200 £222 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £320 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% +1.96%
75th Percentile £425 £350 £420
90th Percentile £456 £393 £478
UK median daily rate £270 £325 £270
% change year-on-year -16.92% +20.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.86
25th Percentile - - £25.66
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year - +30.98% +45.43%
75th Percentile - - £35.41
90th Percentile - - £44.16
UK median hourly rate £19.71 £10.42 £13.48
% change year-on-year +89.11% -22.67% -35.83%

All Contract 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Junior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Junior trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Junior
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Junior daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Junior over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Junior daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Junior hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior 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 a WFH option featuring Junior in the job title.

1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
2 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Finance
3 10 (21.74%) SQL
4 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
4 9 (19.57%) Banking
4 9 (19.57%) Data Governance
5 8 (17.39%) GCP
5 8 (17.39%) Python
5 8 (17.39%) Migration
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
6 7 (15.22%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (15.22%) ETL
6 7 (15.22%) Data Quality
7 6 (13.04%) DevOps
7 6 (13.04%) ETL Development
7 6 (13.04%) PMO
7 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 6 (13.04%) Google
7 6 (13.04%) Degree
7 6 (13.04%) Azure
7 6 (13.04%) AWS
8 5 (10.87%) Data Integration
8 5 (10.87%) Unix
8 5 (10.87%) Project Management
8 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (10.87%) Technical Debt

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) GCP
2 6 (13.04%) AWS
2 6 (13.04%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) Power Automate
3 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.17%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.17%) Google Play
4 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.87%) Data Lake
3 3 (6.52%) BigQuery
3 3 (6.52%) Looker
3 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.17%) Metadata
5 1 (2.17%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (2.17%) MS Access
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (2.17%) Power Query
5 1 (2.17%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) JUnit
2 1 (2.17%) Maven
2 1 (2.17%) Postman
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
3 9 (19.57%) Banking
4 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Billing
5 4 (8.70%) French Language
5 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Dutch Language
8 1 (2.17%) Front Office
8 1 (2.17%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Middleware
2 1 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) Apache Camel
2 1 (2.17%) CSS
2 1 (2.17%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) OpenAPI
2 1 (2.17%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.17%) Quarkus
2 1 (2.17%) Spring
2 1 (2.17%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.17%) Swagger
2 1 (2.17%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Derivative
1 4 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (6.52%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Unix
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
3 1 (2.17%) AIX
3 1 (2.17%) Android
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
1 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.57%) Data Governance
3 8 (17.39%) Migration
4 7 (15.22%) Agile
4 7 (15.22%) ETL
5 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
5 6 (13.04%) DevOps
5 6 (13.04%) ETL Development
5 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.87%) Data Integration
6 5 (10.87%) Data Strategy
6 5 (10.87%) Project Management
6 5 (10.87%) Technical Debt
7 4 (8.70%) B2B
7 4 (8.70%) Data Extraction
7 4 (8.70%) Electronic Trading
7 4 (8.70%) ERP
7 4 (8.70%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.70%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 8 (17.39%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.17%) C#
4 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.17%) Java
4 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.35%) PMP
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (13.04%) PMO
3 2 (4.35%) QA
4 1 (2.17%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Argo
1 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (2.17%) Apple
4 1 (2.17%) Cloudera
4 1 (2.17%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) WSO2