MACH Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring MACH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MACH over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 344 452
Rank change year-on-year +41 +108 +153
Contract jobs citing MACH 1 1 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.007% 0.097%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.039% 0.027% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -13.04%
UK median daily rate £638 £625 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% +25.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

MACH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

MACH trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

MACH
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

MACH daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EventBridge
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Email Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft