EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SRDF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SRDF over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 465 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +147 |
| Contract jobs citing SRDF | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | - | 0.023% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | - | 0.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £558 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £571 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £592 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +57.73% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £625 |
| UK median daily rate | £495 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.84% | +4.55% | +46.67% |
All System Software Skills
Work from Home
SRDF falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 1,165 | 1,459 | 3,181 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 11.77% | 9.58% | 12.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 863 | 1,069 | 2,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £263 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £405 | £420 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £534 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.70% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £615 | £633 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £677 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £496 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.79% | -5.48% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 34 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.25 | £15.50 | £19.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.44 | £15.88 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.50 | £43.32 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.20% | -33.35% | +165.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £79.38 | £65.00 | £70.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.50 | £85.00 | £77.90 |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.97 | £22.50 | £54.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.31% | -58.33% | +170.00% |
SRDF
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing SRDF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SRDF
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SRDF.