Hybrid/Remote Software Analyst Contract Job Trends

Software Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 317 392
Rank change year-on-year +16 +75 +191
Contract jobs requiring a Software Analyst 6 20 15
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.16% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.17% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 6
10th Percentile £510 - £419
25th Percentile £525 £275 £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -15.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £600 £500 -
90th Percentile £608 £514 £563
UK median daily rate £550 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +20.55% -8.75% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.70
25th Percentile - - £35.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £61.75
90th Percentile - - £64.30
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £147.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year -76.27% +616.72% +2.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,232 11,907 18,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.46% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,085 7,637 13,405
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 295 439
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.42 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Software Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Software Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Software Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Software Analyst job vacancies

Software Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Software Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Software Analyst job vacancies

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Software Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (66.67%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) CMDB
4 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Scylla
5 1 (16.67%) Snow
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (16.67%) IBM
5 1 (16.67%) Data Security
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere

Software Analyst Skill Set
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere
1 1 (16.67%) Scylla
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CMDB
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 4 (66.67%) Software Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Snow