Unreal Engine Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Unreal Engine
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Unreal Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unreal Engine 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 286 327 453
Rank change year-on-year +41 +126 +154
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 18 18 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.12% 0.093%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.70% 0.49% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 18
10th Percentile £159 - £206
25th Percentile £271 £288 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £332 £365
Median % change year-on-year +12.71% -9.03% -21.08%
75th Percentile £450 £375 £444
90th Percentile - £454 £500
UK median daily rate £320 £339 £400
% change year-on-year -5.64% -15.22% -17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.75
Median hourly rate - £39.92 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.83% -
75th Percentile - - £39.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +10.39% -18.95%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Unreal Engine
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Unreal Engine trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Unreal Engine daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Unreal Engine daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Maya
1 4 (22.22%) Photoshop
General
1 12 (66.67%) Games
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) 3D Artist
2 4 (22.22%) Animator
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Games Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Geospatial Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) Godot
2 3 (16.67%) MapLibre
3 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
3 2 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Animation
1 4 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 6 (33.33%) Game Development
3 4 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Application Security
4 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) 3D Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Front End Development
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (11.11%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) Secure Coding
5 2 (11.11%) Web Development
6 1 (5.56%) Code Quality
6 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C++
1 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared