Hybrid/Remote OpenLayers Contract Job Trends

OpenLayers
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OpenLayers skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 - 336
Rank change year-on-year - - +78
Contract jobs citing OpenLayers 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% - 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £547 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.40%
75th Percentile £588 - £450
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £618 £425
% change year-on-year -6.88% +45.29% -14.05%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

OpenLayers falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,080 2,724 3,361
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.73% 27.02% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,001 1,917 2,358
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +3.00%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 55 84
10th Percentile £47.76 £31.25 £24.68
25th Percentile £62.50 £42.13 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +51.16% -32.81%
75th Percentile £76.25 £67.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £88.27 £68.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.45% +2.09% -10.42%

OpenLayers
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

OpenLayers job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OpenLayers
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

OpenLayers
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 4 (100.00%) nginx
1 4 (100.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
2 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) MinIO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) GIS
2 3 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) EJB
1 4 (100.00%) Jakarta EE
2 3 (75.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) Java SE
3 1 (25.00%) JDBC
3 1 (25.00%) JSP
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Solaris
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Master Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat