Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
UK > Work from Home
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 346 | 469 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +123 | +129 |
| Contract jobs citing W3C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.020% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.068% | 0.062% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £300 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +66.67% | -40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £500 |
| UK median daily rate | £300 | £450 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.33% | -18.18% | +10.00% |
All Generic Skills
Work from Home
W3C falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3,280 | 4,396 | 8,091 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 33.12% | 28.70% | 31.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,230 | 2,971 | 5,690 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £431 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.91% | - | +2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £800 | £800 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 199 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.80 | £15.48 | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.25 | £25.50 | £30.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £51.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.61% | -11.30% | +29.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.52 | £65.02 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.00 | £72.50 | £85.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.28 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.58% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
W3C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing W3C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
W3C
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing W3C.
W3C
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing W3C.