thinkFolio Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Markit thinkFolio
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring thinkFolio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited thinkFolio 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 290 - 475
Rank change year-on-year - - +150
Contract jobs citing thinkFolio 14 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% - 0.008%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.54% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile - - £763
25th Percentile £663 - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £771
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.73%
75th Percentile £788 - £783
90th Percentile - - £786
UK median daily rate £725 £463 £763
% change year-on-year +56.76% -39.34% +8.93%

All Business Application Skills
Work from Home

thinkFolio falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 912 1,350 1,834
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.21% 8.80% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 774 1,031
10th Percentile £413 £375 £355
25th Percentile £488 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £663 £684
90th Percentile £800 £756 £788
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 24
10th Percentile £55.65 £15.61 £25.10
25th Percentile £62.50 £26.44 £36.73
Median hourly rate £86.00 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.11% -8.16% +103.74%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £65.94
90th Percentile £87.05 £71.47 £89.25
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

thinkFolio trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing thinkFolio.

thinkFolio daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Business Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Aladdin
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
1 14 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
1 14 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 14 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 14 (100.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Derivative
1 14 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 14 (100.00%) Hedge funds
1 14 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
1 14 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 14 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 14 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 14 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 14 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Python
1 14 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) BISAM
1 14 (100.00%) Calypso
1 14 (100.00%) Charles River
1 14 (100.00%) SimCorp