Locust
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Locust skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 306 | 317 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Locust | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.010% | 0.031% | - |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.063% | 0.24% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £600 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £700 | £385 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +81.82% | - | - |
All Development Application Skills
Work from Home
Locust 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 | 1,600 | 1,642 | 2,868 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 16.35% | 12.90% | 13.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,102 | 1,092 | 2,089 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £582 | £609 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £700 | £738 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 19 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £50.20 | £24.24 | £43.66 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £55.48 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.14% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.00 | £66.51 | £84.36 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.63 | £72.00 | £90.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Locust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Locust.
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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: