Software Optimisation
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 342 | 455 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +113 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Optimisation | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.027% | 0.004% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.031% | 0.005% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +180.49% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
Software Optimisation 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 | 9,332 | 12,732 | 21,621 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 91.78% | 87.28% | 89.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,321 | 8,571 | 15,258 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £325 | £357 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +0.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £751 | £750 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | +0.92% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 261 | 553 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £15.17 | £18.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.00 | £25.50 | £26.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.65 | £43.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.42% | -18.10% | +31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £60.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £80.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.00 | £37.34 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.82% | +1.77% | +43.62% |
Software Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
