Ultra-Low Latency Contracts with Work from Home Options

Ultra-Low Latency
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Ultra-Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 454 618
Rank change year-on-year - +164 -
Contract jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £1,050 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +162.50% -
UK median daily rate £850 £838 £850
% change year-on-year +1.49% -1.47% +17.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Ultra-Low Latency is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Ultra-Low Latency
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ultra-Low Latency trend for jobs with a WFH option

Ultra-Low Latency
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 Ultra-Low Latency.

Ultra-Low Latency daily rate for jobs with a WFH option