Hybrid/Remote ProxySG Contract Job Trends

Blue Coat Proxy SG
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ProxySG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 318 396
Rank change year-on-year +16 +78 +143
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 2 3 9
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.025% 0.047%
As % of the System Software category 0.17% 0.24% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile - - £524
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -32.55% +7.82%
75th Percentile - - £607
90th Percentile - - £623
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £565
% change year-on-year - -29.26% +2.81%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

ProxySG falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,173 1,263 2,309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.96% 10.35% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 851 1,614
10th Percentile £300 £325 £300
25th Percentile £405 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -5.96%
75th Percentile £578 £608 £625
90th Percentile £649 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 78
10th Percentile £27.60 £29.45 £17.75
25th Percentile £33.00 £41.31 £23.06
Median hourly rate £54.00 £59.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% -5.60% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67.00 £83.09 £73.44
90th Percentile £68.65 £92.50 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £26.75 £44.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -39.20% -4.35% +95.74%

ProxySG
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

ProxySG job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat