Swing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Java Swing
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 Swing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Swing over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 462 611
Rank change year-on-year - +149 -135
Contract jobs citing Swing 0 4 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.016% 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.063% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £504 £486
25th Percentile - £509 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £545 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -22.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £636 -
90th Percentile - £675 £702
UK median daily rate - £713 £675
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +35.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Swing is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,613 6,357 13,117
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.19% 25.24% 29.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,530 4,729 9,676
10th Percentile £337 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.82%
75th Percentile £650 £655 £644
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 81 123
10th Percentile £24.23 £22.50 £21.20
25th Percentile - £43.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Swing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Swing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Swing
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 Swing.

Swing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option