Hybrid/Remote Product Development Engineer Contract Job Trends

Product Development Engineer
UK > Work from Home

As of 13 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Product Development Engineer daily rate in Work from Home.

 6 months to
13 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Development Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.035% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 10,675 9,571 15,235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.48% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,881 6,458 10,223
10th Percentile £345 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.63%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 466 194 533
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.77% -23.53%

Product Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Development Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Product Development Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Product Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Product Development Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Product Development Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) MIMO
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (50.00%) TETRA
2 2 (50.00%) VPN

Product Development Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) MIMO
2 2 (50.00%) TETRA
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
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