Mercurial Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Mercurial
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Mercurial skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mercurial over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 338 450
Rank change year-on-year - +112 +142
Contract jobs citing Mercurial 0 3 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.020% 0.072%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.17% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 17
10th Percentile - £505 £425
25th Percentile - £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile - £538 £744
90th Percentile - £545 £760
UK median daily rate £273 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -50.36% -4.35% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £76.00
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £73.00
% change year-on-year - -14.38% +8.15%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Mercurial 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 1,495 1,794 3,827
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.16% 11.90% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,079 1,284 2,742
10th Percentile £340 £360 £394
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -5.71% +3.38%
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 41 108
10th Percentile £26.60 £26.24 £39.60
25th Percentile £55.25 £46.75 £52.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £78.75 £90.00 £70.32
90th Percentile £91.00 - £83.19
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -7.31% +5.69% +18.27%

Mercurial
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Mercurial trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Mercurial
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Mercurial daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mercurial
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Mercurial hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option