Hybrid/Remote Task-Oriented Contract Job Trends

Task-Oriented (Task-Driven)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Task-Oriented skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 330 420
Rank change year-on-year +25 +90 +183
Contract jobs citing Task-Oriented 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile £270 - £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 - £342
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.08%
75th Percentile £278 - £354
90th Percentile - - £356
UK median daily rate £500 £474 £402
% change year-on-year +5.38% +17.84% +34.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Task-Oriented 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 8,952 11,138 18,164
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.25% 87.95% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,951 7,115 12,806
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 289 437
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.44 £26.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £81.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Task-Oriented
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Task-Oriented as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Task-Oriented trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Task-Oriented
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Task-Oriented.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Task-Oriented

Task-Oriented
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Economics
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP