Hybrid/Remote Machine to Machine Contract Job Trends

Machine to Machine
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Machine to Machine in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Machine to Machine over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 403
Rank change year-on-year - - +189
Contract jobs citing Machine to Machine 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options - - 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.73%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - - £325
% change year-on-year - - -36.15%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Machine to Machine falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,441 3,824 5,835
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.16% 31.04% 30.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,209 2,448 4,151
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £422 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £640 £675 £675
90th Percentile £788 £838 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -3.39% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 75 126
10th Percentile £14.78 £18.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.34 £22.31
Median hourly rate £34.00 £55.00 £48.03
Median % change year-on-year -38.18% +14.52% -11.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £69.69
90th Percentile £70.16 £77.25 £78.13
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £45.59 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.87% +2.45% +71.15%

Machine to Machine
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Machine to Machine job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Machine to Machine
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Machine to Machine.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Machine to Machine