Hybrid/Remote NEC Contract Job Trends

NEC
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 280 379
Rank change year-on-year -24 +99 +184
Contract jobs citing NEC 14 36 12
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.30% 0.067%
As % of the Vendors category 0.28% 0.66% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 11
10th Percentile £209 £383 £413
25th Percentile £250 £438 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +2.15% +20.16%
75th Percentile £506 £513 £494
90th Percentile £548 £573 £500
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £475
% change year-on-year -1.48% +6.84% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.49 £33.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +22.70% +36.50% +70.43%

All Vendors
Work from Home

NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,946 5,452 8,024
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 48.57% 44.94% 45.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,090 3,270 5,106
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% - -3.58%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £723 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 100 188
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.36 £17.10
25th Percentile £19.66 £24.01 £26.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.00 £56.68
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -27.66% -1.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.14 £73.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

NEC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NEC
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NEC
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

NEC daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NEC
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC

NEC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) NEC Housing
2 1 (7.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (50.00%) Local Government
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Support Officer
2 2 (14.29%) Commercial Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Contracts Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Operations Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (35.71%) Document Management
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Backlog Management
4 3 (21.43%) Batch Scheduling
4 3 (21.43%) Case Management
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Contract Management
5 2 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.14%) Agile
6 1 (7.14%) Critical Path Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PL/SQL
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Liquidlogic