Hybrid/Remote Podcast Contract Job Trends

Podcasts
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Podcast in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Podcast over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 - 337
Rank change year-on-year - - +115
Contract jobs citing Podcast 35 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% - 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% - 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £355
25th Percentile £508 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £375
75th Percentile £523 - £388
90th Percentile - - £395
UK median daily rate £515 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +21.18% +6.25% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £43.96 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - +143.24%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Podcast 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 4,651 3,292 4,306
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.15% 33.90% 29.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,906 2,200 2,914
10th Percentile £360 £340 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £846
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.24% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 86 188
10th Percentile £19.25 £17.15 £16.03
25th Percentile £28.00 £26.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £45.63 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -7.36% -6.19%
75th Percentile £76.00 £64.52 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £32.95 £35.50
% change year-on-year +29.63% -7.20% +57.88%

Podcast
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Podcast job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Podcast
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Podcast
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Podcast
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 1 (2.86%) AWS
1 1 (2.86%) Slack
1 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
General
1 33 (94.29%) Finance
1 33 (94.29%) Social Skills
2 32 (91.43%) Legal
2 32 (91.43%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (2.86%) Ontologist
1 1 (2.86%) SailPoint Engineer
1 1 (2.86%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) JDBC
1 1 (2.86%) LDAP
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (91.43%) Virtual Team
1 32 (91.43%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (91.43%) Customer Service
2 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection
2 1 (2.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (2.86%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (2.86%) RBAC
2 1 (2.86%) RDF
2 1 (2.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) Python
1 1 (2.86%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 32 (91.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Instagram
1 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
1 1 (2.86%) TikTok
1 1 (2.86%) YouTube