Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2,574 4,468 9,026
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.58% 18.54% 20.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.80% 19.46% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,924 3,412 6,858
10th Percentile £336 £375 £380
25th Percentile £419 £429 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £732
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 46 80
10th Percentile £23.00 £40.50 £34.63
25th Percentile £35.00 £56.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £65.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.84% +18.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £76.50 £82.50 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
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 Developer.

Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
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 Developer.

Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Developer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Developer in the job title.

1 631 (24.51%) JavaScript
2 607 (23.58%) SQL
3 578 (22.46%) C#
4 527 (20.47%) Agile
5 498 (19.35%) Finance
6 481 (18.69%) Azure
7 480 (18.65%) AWS
8 476 (18.49%) Java
9 458 (17.79%) Python
10 401 (15.58%) .NET
11 394 (15.31%) HTML
12 379 (14.72%) Software Engineering
13 372 (14.45%) Social Skills
14 368 (14.30%) React
15 321 (12.47%) DevOps
16 320 (12.43%) TypeScript
17 319 (12.39%) Full Stack Development
18 269 (10.45%) CSS
19 256 (9.95%) Microsoft
20 241 (9.36%) CI/CD
21 238 (9.25%) SQL Server
22 232 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
23 230 (8.94%) Security Cleared
24 223 (8.66%) Degree
25 209 (8.12%) Front Office
26 208 (8.08%) AngularJS
27 204 (7.93%) Banking
28 194 (7.54%) Code Quality
29 193 (7.50%) Microservices
30 192 (7.46%) SC Cleared

Developer Skill Set
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 61 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
2 58 (2.25%) Apache
3 51 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 46 (1.79%) CMS
5 26 (1.01%) WordPress
6 21 (0.82%) Umbraco
7 20 (0.78%) SAS
8 16 (0.62%) nginx
9 15 (0.58%) Confluence
10 13 (0.51%) Apache Spark
10 13 (0.51%) Headless CMS
11 11 (0.43%) Drupal
12 10 (0.39%) Anypoint
13 9 (0.35%) CICS
13 9 (0.35%) Mule
14 8 (0.31%) Kentico
15 6 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
16 5 (0.19%) Mule ESB
16 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
17 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
Applications
1 129 (5.01%) Chatbot
2 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.078%) 3ds Max
6 2 (0.078%) Blender
7 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.039%) Elementor
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) InDesign
7 1 (0.039%) InVision
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.039%) Sketch
7 1 (0.039%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 26 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.66%) Endur
4 9 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.27%) SAP FI-AP
5 7 (0.27%) Shopify
6 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.19%) Aareon QL
7 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
8 4 (0.16%) Exstream
8 4 (0.16%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.12%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.12%) RMDS
10 2 (0.078%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 481 (18.69%) Azure
2 480 (18.65%) AWS
3 168 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 163 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
5 157 (6.10%) GCP
6 104 (4.04%) Serverless
7 82 (3.19%) GitHub
8 80 (3.11%) PowerApps
9 70 (2.72%) Power Automate
10 63 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
12 47 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
12 47 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 44 (1.71%) Amazon S3
14 43 (1.67%) dbt
15 42 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
16 37 (1.44%) Azure Functions
16 37 (1.44%) SaaS
17 29 (1.13%) Entra ID
17 29 (1.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.78%) HTTP
2 16 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.43%) SAN
4 8 (0.31%) VPN
5 7 (0.27%) DNS
6 6 (0.23%) Internet
7 5 (0.19%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) Firewall
8 4 (0.16%) MQTT
8 4 (0.16%) SSL
9 3 (0.12%) WAN
10 2 (0.078%) 5G
10 2 (0.078%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.078%) DHCP
10 2 (0.078%) FTP
10 2 (0.078%) LTE
10 2 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.039%) FIX Connectivity
11 1 (0.039%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.039%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 116 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
3 106 (4.12%) Power BI
4 75 (2.91%) MySQL
5 65 (2.53%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.33%) Oracle Database
7 56 (2.18%) MongoDB
8 55 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.86%) Apache Ignite
9 48 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
10 44 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
12 39 (1.52%) Apache Arrow
12 39 (1.52%) Dremio
13 35 (1.36%) Data Lake
14 31 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 30 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
16 24 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
17 22 (0.85%) Redis
18 21 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 142 (5.52%) Git
2 67 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 63 (2.45%) JIRA
4 40 (1.55%) GitLab
5 35 (1.36%) Cypress.io
6 28 (1.09%) Mockito
7 27 (1.05%) Cucumber
7 27 (1.05%) JUnit
8 26 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 24 (0.93%) Selenium
10 23 (0.89%) Maven
11 19 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
11 19 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
12 18 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
13 16 (0.62%) SpecFlow
14 13 (0.51%) Storybook
14 13 (0.51%) webpack
15 11 (0.43%) Android Studio
15 11 (0.43%) TeamCity
16 10 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 498 (19.35%) Finance
2 372 (14.45%) Social Skills
3 209 (8.12%) Front Office
4 204 (7.93%) Banking
5 166 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 131 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
7 100 (3.89%) Investment Banking
8 47 (1.83%) Retail
9 36 (1.40%) Financial Institution
10 35 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 22 (0.85%) Marketing
13 20 (0.78%) Tech for Good
14 14 (0.54%) Back Office
14 14 (0.54%) Law
15 12 (0.47%) Billing
15 12 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.47%) Retail Banking
16 11 (0.43%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 401 (15.58%) .NET
2 394 (15.31%) HTML
3 368 (14.30%) React
4 269 (10.45%) CSS
5 208 (8.08%) AngularJS
6 183 (7.11%) REST
7 181 (7.03%) Node.js
8 114 (4.43%) Spring Boot
8 114 (4.43%) Web Services
9 109 (4.23%) Spring
10 108 (4.20%) RESTful
11 85 (3.30%) .NET Framework
12 83 (3.22%) XML
13 82 (3.19%) .NET Core
14 78 (3.03%) ASP.NET
15 75 (2.91%) Vue
16 73 (2.84%) GraphQL
17 69 (2.68%) Kafka
18 56 (2.18%) gRPC
18 56 (2.18%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.55%) Derivative
2 116 (4.51%) Fixed Income
3 74 (2.87%) Hedge funds
4 69 (2.68%) Equities
4 69 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 66 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 62 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 59 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 52 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 44 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.28%) Equity Derivative
11 30 (1.17%) Data Structures
11 30 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (0.85%) Onboarding
14 20 (0.78%) Management Information System
15 18 (0.70%) Credit Derivative
16 16 (0.62%) Cloud Native
16 16 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 90 (3.50%) Linux
2 57 (2.21%) Android
3 56 (2.18%) Unix
4 44 (1.71%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.74%) Windows
6 12 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.43%) Debian
8 9 (0.35%) zOS
9 4 (0.16%) VMS
10 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.078%) CentOS
12 1 (0.039%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (20.47%) Agile
2 379 (14.72%) Software Engineering
3 321 (12.47%) DevOps
4 319 (12.39%) Full Stack Development
5 241 (9.36%) CI/CD
6 232 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
7 194 (7.54%) Code Quality
8 193 (7.50%) Microservices
9 183 (7.11%) Front End Development
10 172 (6.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 142 (5.52%) Business Intelligence
12 140 (5.44%) TDD
13 137 (5.32%) Test Automation
14 133 (5.17%) Unit Testing
15 130 (5.05%) Conversational UI
15 130 (5.05%) User Experience
16 125 (4.86%) Scrum
17 123 (4.78%) Data Modelling
18 122 (4.74%) Analytics
19 108 (4.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 631 (24.51%) JavaScript
2 607 (23.58%) SQL
3 578 (22.46%) C#
4 476 (18.49%) Java
5 458 (17.79%) Python
6 320 (12.43%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.30%) PHP
8 80 (3.11%) PL/SQL
9 74 (2.87%) C++
10 70 (2.72%) PowerShell
11 53 (2.06%) Kotlin
12 47 (1.83%) Go
13 41 (1.59%) Scala
14 40 (1.55%) Ruby
15 37 (1.44%) Bicep
16 35 (1.36%) ABAP
17 25 (0.97%) T-SQL
18 24 (0.93%) Bash
19 23 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 23 (0.89%) Perl
Qualifications
1 230 (8.94%) Security Cleared
2 223 (8.66%) Degree
3 192 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 41 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 20 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.43%) PhD
9 7 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.23%) CCNA
10 6 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.078%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.039%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.039%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.039%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.039%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (2.87%) Accessibility
2 66 (2.56%) QA
3 25 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.82%) WCAG
5 9 (0.35%) MiFID
6 6 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.19%) HL7
7 5 (0.19%) SEPA
8 4 (0.16%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.16%) GDPR
9 3 (0.12%) SLA
10 1 (0.039%) EMIR
10 1 (0.039%) FATCA
10 1 (0.039%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.039%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.039%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.039%) NIST
System Software
1 128 (4.97%) Docker
2 47 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.39%) IAG
4 8 (0.31%) ACF2
4 8 (0.31%) RACF
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) zsh
7 2 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.039%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 132 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 69 (2.68%) Terraform
3 23 (0.89%) Grafana
4 18 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.66%) Ansible
6 9 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.27%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.19%) Kibana
10 3 (0.12%) Podman
10 3 (0.12%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.078%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.078%) Packer
11 2 (0.078%) Puppet
11 2 (0.078%) SCOM
12 1 (0.039%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.039%) logstash
12 1 (0.039%) Nagios
12 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.039%) Rancher
Vendors
1 256 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 177 (6.88%) Oracle
3 121 (4.70%) PayPal
4 75 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 63 (2.45%) Google
6 60 (2.33%) SAP
7 53 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.17%) IBM
9 21 (0.82%) Databricks
9 21 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 17 (0.66%) OpenAI
11 14 (0.54%) Adobe
11 14 (0.54%) Guidewire
11 14 (0.54%) OpenLink
11 14 (0.54%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.51%) Splunk
13 12 (0.47%) Bloomberg
13 12 (0.47%) Siebel
13 12 (0.47%) Sybase
13 12 (0.47%) Xamarin