Hybrid/Remote NVMe Contract Job Trends

NVMe (NVM Express)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NVMe in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NVMe over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 315 387
Rank change year-on-year -2 +72 -
Contract jobs citing NVMe 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.008% 0.022%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.028% 0.027% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £534
25th Percentile - - £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £484 £650
Median % change year-on-year +65.29% -25.54% -
75th Percentile - - £691
90th Percentile - - £696
UK median daily rate £750 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +57.89% -26.92% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

NVMe 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 3,570 3,750 5,369
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.05% 30.91% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,237 2,401 3,720
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £672
90th Percentile £750 £808 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 68 124
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.37 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £45.63
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -12.34% -17.93%
75th Percentile £65.75 £66.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%

NVMe
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

NVMe job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NVMe
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NVMe
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) InfiniBand
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) GPFS
1 1 (100.00%) Lustre
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA