Software Distribution Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Distribution
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 Distribution skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Distribution over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 470 616
Rank change year-on-year +136 +146 -145
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 10 1 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.004% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.004% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £261 - £344
25th Percentile £281 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +11.11% +32.35%
75th Percentile £345 - £460
90th Percentile £525 - £496
UK median daily rate £338 £340 £450
% change year-on-year -0.74% -24.44% +32.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Distribution 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 13,413 23,039 40,643
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.76% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,959 16,290 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 529 544
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.58
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Software Distribution
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Distribution trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Distribution
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 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 a work from home option citing Software Distribution over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) DHCP
1 7 (70.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Front Office
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (10.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 2 (20.00%) Unix
5 1 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
3 3 (30.00%) Server Building
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Batch Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Security Patching
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 2 (20.00%) Software Deployment
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) XenApp
2 6 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) WSUS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Citrix
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) FireEye
4 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (30.00%) Tanium
5 1 (10.00%) Google
5 1 (10.00%) Qualys