SDH Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SDH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDH 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 302 331 460
Rank change year-on-year +29 +129 +153
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 14 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.091% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.19% 0.87% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £500 -
25th Percentile £419 £581 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £675 £450
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +50.00% +28.57%
75th Percentile £456 £688 £500
90th Percentile - - £513
UK median daily rate £450 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile - £18.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile - £24.25 £24.25
90th Percentile - £24.55 £25.00
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -18.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SDH trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SDH.

SDH daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SDH.

SDH hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree