The Twelve-Factor App Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Twelve-Factor Application Methodology
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring The Twelve-Factor App skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited The Twelve-Factor App over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 337 471
Rank change year-on-year +44 +134 +125
Contract jobs citing The Twelve-Factor App 11 8 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.052% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.059% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile - £549 -
25th Percentile £513 £625 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £631
90th Percentile - £685 £733
UK median daily rate £538 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -17.31% +18.18% -10.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

The Twelve-Factor App 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

The Twelve-Factor App
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing The Twelve-Factor App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

The Twelve-Factor App trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

The Twelve-Factor App
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing The Twelve-Factor App.

The Twelve-Factor App daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

The Twelve-Factor App
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Akamai
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) BGP
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DMVPN
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) DWDM
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
1 1 (9.09%) HTTPS
1 1 (9.09%) IGRP
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
1 1 (9.09%) IPsec
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) MPLS
1 1 (9.09%) Multicast
1 1 (9.09%) NetScaler
1 1 (9.09%) OSPF
1 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 1 (9.09%) SNMP
1 1 (9.09%) SSL
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) GitLab
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Lead
3 3 (27.27%) Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Java Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Lead Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Lead Java Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Lead DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Lead DevOps Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Jest
1 3 (27.27%) Node.js
1 3 (27.27%) Spring
1 3 (27.27%) Spring Boot
2 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
1 10 (90.91%) Microservices
2 7 (63.64%) CI/CD
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) BDD
3 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (27.27%) TDD
4 1 (9.09%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) Due Diligence
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 7 (63.64%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCDP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
1 7 (63.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Arista
1 1 (9.09%) Blue Coat
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Citrix
1 1 (9.09%) F5
1 1 (9.09%) Juniper
1 1 (9.09%) Riverbed
1 1 (9.09%) Zscaler