Hybrid/Remote SOASTA Contract Job Trends

SOASTA
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of SOASTA products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOASTA over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, 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 SOASTA, Inc.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOASTA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.016% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Vendors
Work from Home

SOASTA 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 6,123 4,578 5,635
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.37% 45.84% 43.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,890 2,846 3,584
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £516
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -0.70% -1.70%
75th Percentile £610 £616 £623
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 152 135
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.20 £15.70
25th Percentile £23.11 £19.58 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.95 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.06% -20.12% -8.16%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £64.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%

SOASTA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SOASTA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOASTA
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Parasoft