Hybrid/Remote Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 291 360
Rank change year-on-year -7 +69 +116
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 9 14 16
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.090% 0.13% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 13
10th Percentile £385 £394 £419
25th Percentile £424 £406 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £438 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -10.26% -15.22%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £550
90th Percentile £615 £638 £588
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

All Process & 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 9,062 9,811 14,413
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.32% 89.48% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,948 6,141 9,788
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 188 368
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.43 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.36 £22.38 £25.29
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.63 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.61% -28.75% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -22.62% -22.97% +23.04%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Objectives and Key Results daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Objectives and Key Results
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Front Office
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Product Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Product Owner
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Product Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Product Backlog
4 3 (33.33%) Product Management
4 3 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (22.22%) Event Storming
5 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Minimum Viable Product
5 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
5 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft