The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for COM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COM over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
COM 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
3,644
6,472
13,233
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
23.92%
25.28%
29.66%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,550
4,822
9,767
10th Percentile
£331
£395
£400
25th Percentile
£425
£450
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£540
£548
Median % change year-on-year
-2.78%
-1.37%
+14.06%
75th Percentile
£650
£660
£638
90th Percentile
£775
£750
£725
UK median daily rate
£525
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.55%
-
+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
93
80
119
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
£60.00
90th Percentile
£72.50
£80.25
£67.80
UK median hourly rate
£46.84
£65.00
£49.00
% change year-on-year
-27.94%
+32.65%
+8.89%
COM Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing COM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COM 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 COM.
COM 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 COM.
COM Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, contractor job vacancies citing COM also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for COM.
COM 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:
