DRM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
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 DRM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DRM over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 429 618
Rank change year-on-year - +189 -115
Contract jobs citing DRM 0 22 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.092% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.10% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - £608 £556
25th Percentile - £609 £633
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £618 £676
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% +12.67%
75th Percentile - £626 £693
90th Percentile - - £723
UK median daily rate £475 £618 £676
% change year-on-year -23.08% -8.65% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

DRM 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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

DRM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

DRM trend for jobs with a WFH option

DRM
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 DRM.

DRM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DRM
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 DRM.

DRM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option