Request for Comments: 2544 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RFC 2544 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RFC 2544 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 300 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing RFC 2544 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.040% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.16% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £312 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £326 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £328 | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home
RFC 2544 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 | 2,564 | 3,665 | 6,520 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 25.89% | 23.88% | 25.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,870 | 2,555 | 4,857 |
| 10th Percentile | £365 | £331 | £395 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £428 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.78% | -0.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £775 | £753 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £530 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.94% | -3.64% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 31 | 93 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.50 | £28.00 | £22.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | - | £42.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £43.00 | £63.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.16% | -32.02% | +29.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.25 | £62.00 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.75 | £72.50 | £80.25 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £46.18 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.75% | -28.95% | +32.65% |
RFC 2544
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing RFC 2544 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
RFC 2544
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: