Collaborative Working Contracts with Work from Home Options

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 149 156
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 +31
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 243 401 757
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 1.63% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.82% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 261 532
10th Percentile £331 £366 £385
25th Percentile £400 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £620 £615 £633
90th Percentile £723 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £498 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -5.24% -0.47% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 14
10th Percentile £18.10 £27.15 £16.05
25th Percentile £24.25 £47.50 £19.09
Median hourly rate £26.00 £65.00 £22.62
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +187.36% +26.23%
75th Percentile £27.00 £68.75 £44.16
90th Percentile £39.77 £75.80 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £19.85
% change year-on-year -1.96% +156.93% +4.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Collaborative Working 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 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
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 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
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 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Collaborative Working
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Collaborative Working trend for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Collaborative Working daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Collaborative Working hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.70%) Confluence
2 6 (2.47%) CMS
3 4 (1.65%) Luigi
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.23%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.41%) Moodle
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.82%) Sketch
5 2 (0.82%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (5.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (4.12%) SAP HCM
2 10 (4.12%) SAP HR
3 8 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.11%) Azure
2 35 (14.40%) AWS
3 20 (8.23%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.76%) GCP
5 12 (4.94%) SuccessFactors
6 10 (4.12%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.29%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.88%) SaaS
9 6 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.47%) Serverless
10 5 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.65%) GitHub
11 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.65%) OCI
11 4 (1.65%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 3 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.23%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.23%) Kong
12 3 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.88%) Firewall
2 6 (2.47%) Network Security
3 4 (1.65%) DNS
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.65%) VPN
4 3 (1.23%) HTTP
5 2 (0.82%) Broadband
5 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.82%) Wireless
6 1 (0.41%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.41%) Intranet
6 1 (0.41%) MPLS
6 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.58%) Power BI
2 9 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.06%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.82%) GIS
5 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.41%) DB2
6 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.41%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (7.82%) JIRA
2 12 (4.94%) Git
3 9 (3.70%) GitLab
4 8 (3.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.47%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.65%) Travis CI
7 3 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.23%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.82%) JMeter
8 2 (0.82%) Mocha
8 2 (0.82%) Selenium
9 1 (0.41%) git-flow
9 1 (0.41%) JUnit
9 1 (0.41%) LSMW
9 1 (0.41%) Mockito
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 118 (48.56%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.52%) Finance
3 42 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.64%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.17%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.94%) Marketing
7 11 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.29%) Banking
9 8 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.06%) Legal
12 4 (1.65%) Publishing
13 3 (1.23%) French Language
13 3 (1.23%) German Language
13 3 (1.23%) Military
14 2 (0.82%) Law
14 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (11.52%) Analyst
2 26 (10.70%) Architect
2 26 (10.70%) Senior
3 22 (9.05%) Developer
4 16 (6.58%) Consultant
5 15 (6.17%) Lead
6 14 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.12%) Delivery Manager
7 10 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.29%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (3.29%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.47%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.47%) Change Manager
10 6 (2.47%) DOORS Engineer
10 6 (2.47%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (2.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 6 (2.47%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (2.47%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.47%) .NET
1 6 (2.47%) HTML
1 6 (2.47%) REST
1 6 (2.47%) XML
2 5 (2.06%) .NET Framework
2 5 (2.06%) CSS
2 5 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (2.06%) GraphQL
2 5 (2.06%) JSON
3 4 (1.65%) Pandas
3 4 (1.65%) React
4 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.23%) Web Services
4 3 (1.23%) YAML
5 2 (0.82%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.82%) Node.js
5 2 (0.82%) RESTful
5 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.82%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.12%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.29%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.65%) CMDB
4 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.65%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.65%) NHS
5 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.23%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.82%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.82%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.82%) Solar Energy
6 2 (0.82%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.12%) Windows
2 7 (2.88%) Unix
3 4 (1.65%) Linux
4 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (21.81%) Agile
3 45 (18.52%) Project Management
4 27 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (9.88%) DevOps
6 23 (9.47%) Roadmaps
7 22 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (8.64%) Change Management
9 20 (8.23%) CI/CD
9 20 (8.23%) ITIL
9 20 (8.23%) Risk Management
10 17 (7.00%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (6.17%) Customer Service
11 15 (6.17%) Migration
11 15 (6.17%) Scrum
12 14 (5.76%) User Stories
13 13 (5.35%) Computer Science
13 13 (5.35%) Containerisation
13 13 (5.35%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.29%) Python
2 17 (7.00%) SQL
3 12 (4.94%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.12%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.70%) C#
6 6 (2.47%) Bash
7 5 (2.06%) Java
8 4 (1.65%) Bicep
8 4 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.23%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.23%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.82%) ABAP
10 2 (0.82%) PHP
10 2 (0.82%) Ruby
11 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.41%) C++
11 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (16.87%) Degree
2 24 (9.88%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.94%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.65%) CISSP
8 2 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.82%) CCIE
8 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) CCDP
9 1 (0.41%) CCNP
9 1 (0.41%) CCSP
9 1 (0.41%) CRISC
9 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.94%) QA
2 7 (2.88%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.65%) PMO
4 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.82%) GDPR
5 2 (0.82%) NCSC
5 2 (0.82%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.76%) Docker
2 8 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.70%) Terraform
3 7 (2.88%) Ansible
4 6 (2.47%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.47%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.47%) Puppet
5 5 (2.06%) Kibana
6 4 (1.65%) Grafana
7 3 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.23%) logstash
7 3 (1.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.82%) WSUS
9 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.41%) Argo
9 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.41%) Istio
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.41%) Nessus
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.58%) SAP
3 13 (5.35%) Oracle
4 11 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.88%) BT
7 6 (2.47%) Google
8 5 (2.06%) VMware
9 4 (1.65%) Adobe
9 4 (1.65%) Freshdesk
9 4 (1.65%) Splunk
10 3 (1.23%) Databricks
11 2 (0.82%) Apple
11 2 (0.82%) Cisco
11 2 (0.82%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.82%) IBM
12 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
12 1 (0.41%) ESRI
12 1 (0.41%) Remedy
12 1 (0.41%) TOWER Software