Software Distribution Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software Distribution
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software Distribution skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Distribution 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 297 335 476
Rank change year-on-year +38 +141 +149
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 7 10 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.065% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.074% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 1
10th Percentile £451 £261 -
25th Percentile £583 £281 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £689 £310 £500
Median % change year-on-year +122.26% -38.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £345 -
90th Percentile £696 £525 -
UK median daily rate £500 £338 £340
% change year-on-year +48.15% -0.74% -24.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Distribution falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Software Distribution
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Distribution daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Software Distribution over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Software Distribution daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Distribution
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) GitHub
1 2 (28.57%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MSI
2 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Automation Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Python Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Delivery
1 4 (57.14%) Software Deployment
2 3 (42.86%) Build Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
3 4 (57.14%) Bash
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (28.57%) Terraform
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Tanium
2 1 (14.29%) Foundry
2 1 (14.29%) VMware