Software Delivery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Delivery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Delivery over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 287 256
Rank change year-on-year +10 -31 +25
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 73 184 460
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 0.74% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.82% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 121 301
10th Percentile £407 £413 £400
25th Percentile £441 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £680 £650 £655
90th Percentile £775 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £580
% change year-on-year - -0.86% +12.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 0
10th Percentile £71.15 £55.00 -
25th Percentile £73.63 £62.00 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
75th Percentile £86.25 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £88.50 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £74.00 £64.75
% change year-on-year +8.11% +14.29% +36.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,243 22,460 40,020
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.02% 89.72% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 15,870 29,041
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 537
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £13.90
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.40
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Software Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Delivery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Delivery.

Software Delivery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Software Delivery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Delivery.

Software Delivery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Software Delivery hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.48%) Apache Solr
1 4 (5.48%) Confluence
1 4 (5.48%) nginx
2 3 (4.11%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.37%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.37%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.37%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.74%) Endur
2 2 (2.74%) JDE OneWorld
2 2 (2.74%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (35.62%) AWS
2 17 (23.29%) Azure
3 11 (15.07%) AWS CloudFormation
4 9 (12.33%) Serverless
5 8 (10.96%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (9.59%) Amazon S3
7 6 (8.22%) GCP
7 6 (8.22%) OpenShift
8 5 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (6.85%) OCI
9 4 (5.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 4 (5.48%) GitHub
9 4 (5.48%) SaaS
10 3 (4.11%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (4.11%) AWS Fargate
10 3 (4.11%) PaaS
11 2 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (2.74%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.59%) DNS
2 6 (8.22%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.48%) HTTPS
3 4 (5.48%) IPsec
4 2 (2.74%) DHCP
4 2 (2.74%) Intranet
4 2 (2.74%) Network Security
5 1 (1.37%) Firewall
5 1 (1.37%) FTP
5 1 (1.37%) HTTP
5 1 (1.37%) Internet
5 1 (1.37%) SSL
5 1 (1.37%) VPN
5 1 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) Elasticsearch
1 6 (8.22%) NoSQL
1 6 (8.22%) Oracle Database
2 5 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (5.48%) Couchbase
3 4 (5.48%) MySQL
3 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.11%) InfluxDB
5 2 (2.74%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (2.74%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.37%) Big Data
6 1 (1.37%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.37%) Power BI
6 1 (1.37%) Redis
6 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (17.81%) Jenkins
2 11 (15.07%) JIRA
3 8 (10.96%) GitLab
4 7 (9.59%) Git
5 4 (5.48%) Artifactory
6 3 (4.11%) Selenium
7 2 (2.74%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.74%) JMeter
7 2 (2.74%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.37%) Axure RP
8 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.37%) Gatling
8 1 (1.37%) Mockito
8 1 (1.37%) NeoLoad
8 1 (1.37%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.37%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.37%) Subversion
8 1 (1.37%) Travis CI
8 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.37%) WebDriver
General
1 29 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.29%) Finance
3 14 (19.18%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.59%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.48%) Banking
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
7 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.74%) Front Office
7 2 (2.74%) Marketing
8 1 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Electronics
8 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Law
8 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.37%) Police
8 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Retail
8 1 (1.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (24.66%) DevOps Engineer
2 15 (20.55%) Developer
3 10 (13.70%) Senior
4 9 (12.33%) Business Analyst
5 8 (10.96%) Analyst
6 7 (9.59%) Architect
7 5 (6.85%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Lead
7 5 (6.85%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.85%) Software Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Software Developer
7 5 (6.85%) Software Manager
8 4 (5.48%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Designer
9 3 (4.11%) Python Software Architect
9 3 (4.11%) Software Architect
9 3 (4.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) AWS CDK
1 8 (10.96%) JSON
1 8 (10.96%) Node.js
1 8 (10.96%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (10.96%) XML
2 7 (9.59%) .NET
2 7 (9.59%) React
2 7 (9.59%) RESTful
2 7 (9.59%) YAML
3 5 (6.85%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (5.48%) CSS
4 4 (5.48%) HTML
4 4 (5.48%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (5.48%) REST
4 4 (5.48%) SOAP
4 4 (5.48%) Spring
5 3 (4.11%) .NET Framework
5 3 (4.11%) ADO
5 3 (4.11%) OAuth
5 3 (4.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.85%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.11%) Verilog
4 3 (4.11%) VHDL
5 2 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.37%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.37%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.92%) Linux
2 7 (9.59%) Ubuntu
3 5 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.48%) CentOS
5 3 (4.11%) Unix
6 2 (2.74%) Android
6 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Agile
2 37 (50.68%) DevOps
3 31 (42.47%) CI/CD
4 26 (35.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (24.66%) Scrum
6 17 (23.29%) Microservices
7 16 (21.92%) SDLC
8 13 (17.81%) Kanban
9 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (16.44%) Test Automation
10 11 (15.07%) Configuration Management
10 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (13.70%) Project Delivery
12 9 (12.33%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (12.33%) Migration
13 8 (10.96%) Code Quality
13 8 (10.96%) Containerisation
13 8 (10.96%) Project Management
13 8 (10.96%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.92%) Java
1 16 (21.92%) Python
2 12 (16.44%) SQL
3 11 (15.07%) JavaScript
4 10 (13.70%) Bash
5 6 (8.22%) C++
6 5 (6.85%) C#
6 5 (6.85%) Ruby
6 5 (6.85%) TypeScript
7 4 (5.48%) PHP
7 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
8 3 (4.11%) Bicep
8 3 (4.11%) C
8 3 (4.11%) Go
8 3 (4.11%) Groovy
9 2 (2.74%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.74%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.37%) Scala
10 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) Degree
1 7 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.48%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) ISEB
4 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.18%) QA
2 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.48%) GDPR
2 4 (5.48%) HIPAA
2 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.48%) NIST
3 2 (2.74%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.74%) SLA
4 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (13.70%) Docker
2 5 (6.85%) vSphere
3 3 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.11%) vCloud
3 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.11%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (30.14%) Terraform
2 16 (21.92%) Ansible
2 16 (21.92%) Kubernetes
3 7 (9.59%) Grafana
4 6 (8.22%) Puppet
5 5 (6.85%) Kibana
5 5 (6.85%) Progress Chef
5 5 (6.85%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.11%) Autotask
7 2 (2.74%) WSUS
8 1 (1.37%) logstash
Vendors
1 10 (13.70%) Oracle
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.22%) VMware
4 5 (6.85%) Google
5 3 (4.11%) Arista
5 3 (4.11%) BMC
5 3 (4.11%) Remedy
5 3 (4.11%) TOWER Software
6 2 (2.74%) OpenLink
6 2 (2.74%) SAP
6 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.37%) Avaloq
7 1 (1.37%) Cadence
7 1 (1.37%) Databricks
7 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.37%) Qualys
7 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.37%) WSO2