LLM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Large Language Model (LLM)
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 LLM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LLM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 458 -
Rank change year-on-year +147 - -
Contract jobs citing LLM 37 3 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.012% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 0
10th Percentile £496 £750 -
25th Percentile £575 £881 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £1,100 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £703 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £1,100 -
% change year-on-year -47.73% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

LLM 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 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

LLM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

LLM trend for jobs with a WFH option

LLM
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 LLM.

LLM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

LLM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LLM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

LLM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

LLM
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 (2.70%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 18 (48.65%) AWS
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 3 (8.11%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (8.11%) GCP
4 2 (5.41%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.41%) ChatGPT
4 2 (5.41%) Vertex AI
5 1 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) NoSQL
2 4 (10.81%) Big Data
2 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.70%) Metadata
3 1 (2.70%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
General
1 4 (10.81%) Finance
1 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Health Technology
2 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.41%) Electronics
3 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.41%) Marketing
3 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Python Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Software Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) AWS Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Data Scientist
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Programmer
6 2 (5.41%) Python Programmer
6 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Support
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Support Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Product Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) RESTful
2 11 (29.73%) FastAPI
3 8 (21.62%) WebSockets
4 7 (18.92%) PyTorch
5 6 (16.22%) TensorFlow
6 4 (10.81%) Hugging Face
6 4 (10.81%) Kafka
6 4 (10.81%) LangChain
7 3 (8.11%) PySpark
8 2 (5.41%) Google JAX
8 2 (5.41%) NumPy
8 2 (5.41%) REST
8 2 (5.41%) scikit-learn
9 1 (2.70%) D3.js
9 1 (2.70%) Shiny
9 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Algorithms
1 3 (8.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (2.70%) Blockchain
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Artificial Intelligence
2 18 (48.65%) Machine Learning
3 15 (40.54%) API Development
4 9 (24.32%) Analytics
4 9 (24.32%) Generative AI
4 9 (24.32%) Unit Testing
5 8 (21.62%) Data Encryption
5 8 (21.62%) End-to-End Testing
5 8 (21.62%) Integration Testing
6 7 (18.92%) Data Science
7 6 (16.22%) Data Engineering
7 6 (16.22%) Natural Language Processing
8 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
9 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (8.11%) Fintech
9 3 (8.11%) Mathematics
9 3 (8.11%) Open Source
9 3 (8.11%) Software Engineering
9 3 (8.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (81.08%) Python
2 15 (40.54%) SQL
3 4 (10.81%) Java
4 3 (8.11%) Scala
5 2 (5.41%) C#
5 2 (5.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) C
6 1 (2.70%) C++
6 1 (2.70%) Clojure
6 1 (2.70%) Haskell
6 1 (2.70%) R
6 1 (2.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.41%) Numerate Degree
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) OpenAI
2 2 (5.41%) Google
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft