Windows Script Host (WSH)
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 WSH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSH over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 474 | 619 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +145 | - |
| Contract jobs citing WSH | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.008% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.031% | 0.023% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +42.86% | - |
| UK median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £258 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +94.17% | +14.44% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home
WSH is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 3,622 | 6,458 | 13,219 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 23.90% | 25.29% | 29.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,541 | 4,803 | 9,764 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £394 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £549 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.55% | +13.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £656 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £750 | £726 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 93 | 80 | 120 |
| 10th Percentile | £28.00 | £22.50 | £21.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £43.60 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £62.50 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.20% | +27.55% | +8.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £75.00 | £61.48 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £80.25 | £67.80 |
| UK median hourly rate | £46.84 | £65.00 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.94% | +30.65% | +10.56% |
WSH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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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 WSH.