Hybrid/Remote Poppulo Contract Job Trends

Poppulo
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of Poppulo products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poppulo over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Poppulo.

 6 months to
26 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 334 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs citing Poppulo 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.024% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.022% 0.054% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £323 -
25th Percentile £393 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -
75th Percentile £418 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £526
% change year-on-year -13.33% -28.74% +18.26%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Poppulo falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,546 5,573 8,875
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 46.46% 44.17% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,820 3,380 5,870
10th Percentile £325 £325 £320
25th Percentile £420 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £645
90th Percentile £716 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 106 201
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.08 £16.61
25th Percentile £21.81 £24.26 £25.71
Median hourly rate £34.24 £40.78 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -22.32% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.63 £78.17
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.87% +83.35%

Poppulo
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Poppulo as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Poppulo trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Poppulo
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Poppulo.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Poppulo

Poppulo
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Excel Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Telephony Analyst
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft