Hybrid/Remote Toad Contract Job Trends

Quest Toad
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Toad skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 321 385
Rank change year-on-year +10 +64 +170
Contract jobs citing Toad 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.016% 0.033%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.12% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £318
25th Percentile - - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile - - £630
90th Percentile - - £642
UK median daily rate £368 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -41.67% +20.00%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Toad falls under the Development 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 development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,617 1,549 2,429
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.81% 12.76% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 1,002 1,782
10th Percentile £325 £331 £358
25th Percentile £402 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -3.46% -4.55%
75th Percentile £586 £613 £623
90th Percentile £668 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 77
10th Percentile £36.30 £22.46 £50.00
25th Percentile £58.44 £31.38 £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.38 £90.00
90th Percentile £69.80 £74.25 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +8.33%

Toad
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Toad and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Toad job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Toad
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Toad.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Toad

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Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Toad.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Toad

Toad
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) DB2 Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) DB2 DBA
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) webMethods