Software Engineering Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 937 1,170 2,412
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.40% 4.83% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 5.38% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 807 1,749
10th Percentile £429 £441 £423
25th Percentile £500 £500 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £797 £725 £675
90th Percentile £888 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 73 52
10th Percentile £42.50 £47.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £45.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £63.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £90.00 £68.68
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £64.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year -2.56% +11.56% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Engineering 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 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
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 572 503 517
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 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Software Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering.

Software Engineering daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Engineering over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Software Engineering daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering.

Software Engineering hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Engineering over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Software Engineering hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineering
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
1 130 (13.87%) Apache Airflow
2 119 (12.70%) Apache
3 27 (2.88%) Confluence
4 11 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.17%) CMS
5 6 (0.64%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) MetaMask
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 122 (13.02%) Chatbot
2 22 (2.35%) Simulink
2 22 (2.35%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) CATIA
5 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Endur
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 332 (35.43%) AWS
2 163 (17.40%) Azure
3 125 (13.34%) GCP
4 111 (11.85%) dbt
5 94 (10.03%) Snowflake
6 41 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (3.84%) GitHub
8 27 (2.88%) Serverless
9 19 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (1.81%) npm
11 16 (1.71%) PaaS
12 14 (1.49%) SaaS
13 13 (1.39%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.28%) IaaS
15 11 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.39%) HTTP
3 10 (1.07%) Firewall
3 10 (1.07%) VPN
4 9 (0.96%) SAN
5 7 (0.75%) 802.11
5 7 (0.75%) Diameter Protocol
5 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.53%) DNS
6 5 (0.53%) J1939
6 5 (0.53%) Wireless
7 3 (0.32%) Internet
8 2 (0.21%) RS-232
8 2 (0.21%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.11%) DHCP
9 1 (0.11%) HbbTV
9 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.11%) Modbus
9 1 (0.11%) MQTT
9 1 (0.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (12.17%) Apache Ignite
2 110 (11.74%) Amazon Athena
2 110 (11.74%) Dremio
3 108 (11.53%) Apache Arrow
4 96 (10.25%) Data Lake
5 35 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (3.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 33 (3.52%) SQL Server
8 30 (3.20%) MySQL
9 22 (2.35%) Oracle Database
10 19 (2.03%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.60%) Relational Database
12 14 (1.49%) Big Data
12 14 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.28%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.28%) Oracle Database 11g
14 9 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 78 (8.32%) Git
2 54 (5.76%) JIRA
3 42 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.88%) GitLab
5 25 (2.67%) Cypress.io
6 24 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.71%) Selenium
8 14 (1.49%) Cucumber
8 14 (1.49%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.28%) Maven
9 12 (1.28%) Postman
10 10 (1.07%) git-flow
11 9 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
12 8 (0.85%) JUnit
12 8 (0.85%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.85%) webpack
13 7 (0.75%) Appium
13 7 (0.75%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.75%) JMeter
14 6 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 265 (28.28%) Finance
2 171 (18.25%) Front Office
3 142 (15.15%) Banking
4 140 (14.94%) Social Skills
5 104 (11.10%) Investment Banking
6 47 (5.02%) Automotive
7 31 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (2.56%) Electronics
9 19 (2.03%) Legal
10 17 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.71%) Public Sector
12 15 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.49%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.49%) Retail
14 13 (1.39%) Marketing
15 9 (0.96%) Law
15 9 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.85%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.75%) Police
18 6 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 391 (41.73%) Software Engineer
2 380 (40.55%) Developer
3 189 (20.17%) Senior
4 167 (17.82%) Software Developer
5 101 (10.78%) Senior Software Engineer
6 92 (9.82%) Java Engineer
7 82 (8.75%) Python Engineer
8 73 (7.79%) Java Software Engineer
9 71 (7.58%) Python Software Engineer
10 70 (7.47%) Lead
11 66 (7.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 62 (6.62%) Python Developer
13 58 (6.19%) Java Developer
14 53 (5.66%) Senior Developer
15 50 (5.34%) AWS Engineer
16 48 (5.12%) Senior Java Engineer
17 46 (4.91%) AWS Software Engineer
18 40 (4.27%) C# Developer
19 38 (4.06%) Senior Java Software Engineer
20 37 (3.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (18.68%) HTML
2 136 (14.51%) React
3 125 (13.34%) gRPC
4 123 (13.13%) Protocol Buffers
5 113 (12.06%) Pandas
6 107 (11.42%) NumPy
6 107 (11.42%) SciPy
7 72 (7.68%) Node.js
8 68 (7.26%) AngularJS
9 66 (7.04%) .NET
9 66 (7.04%) REST
10 59 (6.30%) Kafka
11 58 (6.19%) CSS
12 44 (4.70%) Redux
13 40 (4.27%) RESTful
14 33 (3.52%) GraphQL
15 30 (3.20%) Spring Boot
16 28 (2.99%) Vue
17 27 (2.88%) Spring
18 25 (2.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 152 (16.22%) Fixed Income
2 120 (12.81%) Derivative
3 118 (12.59%) Equities
3 118 (12.59%) Hedge funds
4 105 (11.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 38 (4.06%) Algorithms
6 28 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.13%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.81%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.71%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.49%) Pricing Data
12 11 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.07%) IoT
14 9 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (0.85%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.34%) Linux
2 24 (2.56%) Windows
3 13 (1.39%) Android
3 13 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.96%) Debian
4 9 (0.96%) Ubuntu
5 7 (0.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.21%) VMS
7 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (36.93%) Agile
2 144 (15.37%) Artificial Intelligence
2 144 (15.37%) Asset Management
3 138 (14.73%) Code Quality
4 133 (14.19%) DevOps
5 122 (13.02%) Conversational UI
6 117 (12.49%) Test Automation
7 116 (12.38%) Investment Management
8 100 (10.67%) CI/CD
9 94 (10.03%) Fintech
10 86 (9.18%) Full Stack Development
11 72 (7.68%) Computer Science
12 71 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (7.58%) User Experience
13 62 (6.62%) Analytics
13 62 (6.62%) SDLC
14 58 (6.19%) TDD
15 56 (5.98%) Scrum
16 53 (5.66%) Continuous Integration
17 51 (5.44%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 387 (41.30%) Python
2 374 (39.91%) JavaScript
3 275 (29.35%) Java
4 242 (25.83%) SQL
5 227 (24.23%) C#
6 210 (22.41%) TypeScript
7 66 (7.04%) C++
8 62 (6.62%) C
9 53 (5.66%) Go
10 26 (2.77%) MATLAB
10 26 (2.77%) Scala
11 24 (2.56%) PHP
12 23 (2.45%) Embedded C
13 22 (2.35%) PowerShell
14 21 (2.24%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.92%) Kotlin
16 16 (1.71%) Perl
17 14 (1.49%) Ruby
18 13 (1.39%) R
19 9 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 200 (21.34%) Degree
2 101 (10.78%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.85%) PhD
8 2 (0.21%) MBA
9 1 (0.11%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.11%) CISM
9 1 (0.11%) CISSP
9 1 (0.11%) CLAS
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) OCP
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.12%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.45%) QA
3 11 (1.17%) NCSC
4 6 (0.64%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.53%) AUTOSAR
5 5 (0.53%) SEPA
6 4 (0.43%) JTAG
7 2 (0.21%) NIST
7 2 (0.21%) SLA
8 1 (0.11%) EMIR
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.11%) MiFID
8 1 (0.11%) MISRA
8 1 (0.11%) RMADS
8 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 87 (9.28%) Docker
2 10 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.53%) ACF2
3 5 (0.53%) Firmware
3 5 (0.53%) IAG
3 5 (0.53%) RACF
3 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.32%) zsh
6 2 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 95 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.80%) Terraform
3 33 (3.52%) Ansible
4 18 (1.92%) Grafana
5 16 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.85%) Podman
8 6 (0.64%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.43%) Puppet
10 3 (0.32%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Consul
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.21%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.21%) Packer
11 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.11%) CASB
12 1 (0.11%) Istio
12 1 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 121 (12.91%) PayPal
2 43 (4.59%) Oracle
3 37 (3.95%) Microsoft
4 18 (1.92%) Google
5 13 (1.39%) Databricks
6 12 (1.28%) Bloomberg
7 11 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 9 (0.96%) Atlassian
8 9 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.96%) VMware
9 6 (0.64%) SAP
9 6 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.53%) IBM
10 5 (0.53%) Sybase
11 4 (0.43%) Denodo
11 4 (0.43%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.43%) Splunk
11 4 (0.43%) Talend
12 3 (0.32%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.32%) Xamarin