Economics Contracts with Work from Home Options

Economics
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 Economics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Economics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 451 553
Rank change year-on-year +136 +102 -73
Contract jobs citing Economics 30 19 63
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.078% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.087% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 48
10th Percentile £242 £404 £463
25th Percentile £482 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £712 £575 £663
Median % change year-on-year +23.83% -13.21% +60.61%
75th Percentile £838 £836 £800
90th Percentile £850 £850 £807
UK median daily rate £700 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.60
25th Percentile - - £22.38
Median hourly rate £10.42 - £33.00
75th Percentile £22.48 - £43.88
90th Percentile £40.58 - £49.80
UK median hourly rate £20.87 £36.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -42.83% +86.99% -20.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Economics 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 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Economics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Economics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
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 Economics.

Economics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Economics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Economics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
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 Economics.

Economics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Economics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Economics hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
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 1 (3.33%) SAS
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Loan IQ
2 1 (3.33%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) GCP
1 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Finance
4 6 (20.00%) Banking
5 5 (16.67%) Front Office
5 5 (16.67%) Law
6 4 (13.33%) Legal
7 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
7 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
7 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (6.67%) Marketing
8 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Analyst
1 5 (16.67%) Developer
1 5 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
1 5 (16.67%) React Developer
2 4 (13.33%) C# Developer
2 4 (13.33%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
2 4 (13.33%) Front Office Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Full Stack Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack C# Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (6.67%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Business Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Data Consultant
4 1 (3.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (3.33%) Real Time Developer
4 1 (3.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) React
1 5 (16.67%) Reactive Extensions
1 5 (16.67%) Redux
2 4 (13.33%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) NumPy
3 1 (3.33%) Pandas
3 1 (3.33%) SailPoint
3 1 (3.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Derivative
2 3 (10.00%) Fixed Income
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) PMI
3 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (30.00%) Agile
3 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 8 (26.67%) Project Management
4 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (16.67%) Clean Code
5 5 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 5 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
5 5 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
5 5 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 5 (16.67%) Refactoring
5 5 (16.67%) Statistics
6 4 (13.33%) Change Management
6 4 (13.33%) Full Stack Development
6 4 (13.33%) Market Research
6 4 (13.33%) Migration
6 4 (13.33%) Quantitative Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) C#
3 5 (16.67%) C++
3 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 4 (13.33%) VB.NET
4 4 (13.33%) VBA
5 3 (10.00%) Python
6 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.00%) APMP
3 3 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.33%) MBA
4 1 (3.33%) PhD
4 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.33%) PMP
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Alteryx
2 1 (3.33%) CA
2 1 (3.33%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow