Social Housing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Social Housing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 324 414
Rank change year-on-year +30 +90 +211
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Housing 12 8 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.062% 0.010%
As % of the General category 0.19% 0.11% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £381 £363 £238
25th Percentile £425 £429 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £300
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +63.33% -36.84%
75th Percentile £488 £564 £331
90th Percentile £525 £631 £343
UK median daily rate £423 £439 £350
% change year-on-year -3.64% +25.36% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.00 -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,258 7,617 12,345
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 63.68% 59.01% 58.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,080 4,866 8,605
10th Percentile £325 £319 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 267 287
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.08 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.86 £26.84 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.89 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.53% +1.18% -1.73%
75th Percentile £63.58 £58.38 £64.13
90th Percentile £69.25 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +12.61%

Social Housing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Social Housing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Social Housing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Social Housing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Social Housing

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Social Housing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Social Housing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Social Housing

Social Housing
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Local Government
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) SOC Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Housing Association
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Housing Management
2 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Case
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (8.33%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Data Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Defect Management
4 1 (8.33%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) IIBA
1 1 (8.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) GRC
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Civica
2 2 (16.67%) NEC
2 2 (16.67%) Northgate
2 2 (16.67%) Orchard
3 1 (8.33%) Aareon
3 1 (8.33%) Capita