Objectives and Key Results Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Objectives and Key Results 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 293 328 445
Rank change year-on-year +35 +117 +91
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 11 17 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 26
10th Percentile £530 £356 £504
25th Percentile £575 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 £566
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -13.91% -1.44%
75th Percentile £713 £644 £600
90th Percentile £735 £786 £663
UK median daily rate £600 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +11.58% -6.48% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Objectives and Key Results falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Objectives and Key Results
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Objectives and Key Results as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Objectives and Key Results trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Objectives and Key Results.

Objectives and Key Results daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Objectives and Key Results daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Objectives and Key Results
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Figma
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Storybook
General
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Product Owner
2 3 (27.27%) Product Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Head of Business Change
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
2 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 5 (45.45%) Backlog Management
4 4 (36.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
4 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) User Experience
4 4 (36.36%) UX Design
5 3 (27.27%) Business Case
5 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
5 3 (27.27%) Digital Customer Experience
5 3 (27.27%) Product Vision
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Product Management
6 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (18.18%) Product Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) WCAG