kappa Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring kappa skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited kappa over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 345 465
Rank change year-on-year - +120 +122
Contract jobs citing kappa 0 1 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.007% 0.020%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.055% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £555 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £570 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -18.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile - £585 £750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £650 £700
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

kappa falls under the Development 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 development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,482 1,805 3,861
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.17% 11.93% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,293 2,766
10th Percentile £340 £360 £394
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £607 £600 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 41 109
10th Percentile £26.60 £26.24 £39.60
25th Percentile £55.25 £46.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £78.75 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.00 - £82.96
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -7.31% +5.69% +17.14%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

kappa trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

kappa daily rate for jobs with a WFH option