Web Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Web Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
302 |
343 |
440 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+41 |
+97 |
+174 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Web Engineer |
2 |
2 |
37 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option |
0.020% |
0.013% |
0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.022% |
0.014% |
0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
35 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£418 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£475 |
£505 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£400 |
£500 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-20.00% |
-16.67% |
+26.32% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£525 |
£650 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£450 |
£600 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.56% |
-25.00% |
+17.07% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title |
9,288 |
14,354 |
24,650 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.77% |
93.54% |
95.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
6,350 |
9,595 |
17,415 |
| 10th Percentile |
£337 |
£325 |
£360 |
| 25th Percentile |
£414 |
£425 |
£444 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£525 |
£540 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-2.69% |
+2.76% |
| 75th Percentile |
£638 |
£638 |
£650 |
| 90th Percentile |
£763 |
£750 |
£750 |
| UK median daily rate |
£515 |
£525 |
£540 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.90% |
-2.78% |
+2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
228 |
579 |
565 |
| 10th Percentile |
£14.00 |
£14.38 |
£18.50 |
| 25th Percentile |
£18.19 |
£23.39 |
£26.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£38.00 |
£44.74 |
£55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-15.06% |
-18.65% |
+57.14% |
| 75th Percentile |
£66.00 |
£63.00 |
£68.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75.00 |
£75.25 |
£80.25 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£29.00 |
£36.42 |
£45.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-20.37% |
-19.07% |
+91.49% |
