Technical Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £238 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 438 569
Rank change year-on-year +111 +131 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 21 38 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 31 44
10th Percentile - £400 £413
25th Percentile £158 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -54.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £527 £594 £550
90th Percentile £687 £734 £612
UK median daily rate £225 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -57.14% +5.00% +3.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Technical Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist.

Technical Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Technical Specialist over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Technical Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Specialist.

Technical Specialist hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Technical Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (33.33%) ITIL
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
1 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Line Management
2 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (28.57%) Coaching
2 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) BT
2 6 (28.57%) Police
3 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (19.05%) Azure
4 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 3 (14.29%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (14.29%) eduroam
4 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 3 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.52%) NHS
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (9.52%) Retail
6 1 (4.76%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.76%) Data Management

Technical Specialist Skill Set
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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) eduroam
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
1 1 (4.76%) MS Access
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.76%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) Police
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) FHIR
1 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) FMCG
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) LIMS
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Coaching
2 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (28.57%) Line Management
3 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.76%) Analytics
6 1 (4.76%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.76%) Change Control
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.76%) Data Management
6 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.76%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (4.76%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.76%) Service Design
6 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
2 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (14.29%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) BT
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Informatica