Collaborative Working Contracts with Work from Home Options

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 147 165
Rank change year-on-year +18 +18 +17
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 242 415 736
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 1.71% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.91% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 275 525
10th Percentile £331 £372 £373
25th Percentile £400 £436 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £622 £628 £625
90th Percentile £723 £700 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 35 12
10th Percentile £19.13 £28.05 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.56 £47.50 £19.26
Median hourly rate £26.50 £65.00 £22.62
Median % change year-on-year -59.23% +187.36% +28.01%
75th Percentile £32.20 £69.38 £42.50
90th Percentile £41.10 £75.60 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £20.09
% change year-on-year -1.96% +153.83% +8.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Collaborative Working 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 12,834 21,730 40,136
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.66% 89.60% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,652 15,403 29,146
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 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 505 522
10th Percentile £14.89 £17.90 £14.03
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%

Collaborative Working
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Collaborative Working trend for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Collaborative Working daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Collaborative Working hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
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 8 (3.31%) Confluence
1 8 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.48%) CMS
3 4 (1.65%) Luigi
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.41%) Drupal
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.83%) Sketch
5 2 (0.83%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.72%) SAP HCM
2 9 (3.72%) SAP HR
3 8 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.60%) Azure
2 36 (14.88%) AWS
3 21 (8.68%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.79%) GCP
5 12 (4.96%) Power Automate
6 10 (4.13%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.13%) SuccessFactors
7 7 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.89%) SaaS
8 6 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.48%) Serverless
9 5 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.07%) OCI
10 4 (1.65%) GitHub
10 4 (1.65%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.24%) Kong
11 3 (1.24%) PaaS
11 3 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.31%) Firewall
2 6 (2.48%) Network Security
3 4 (1.65%) DNS
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.65%) VPN
4 3 (1.24%) HTTP
5 2 (0.83%) Broadband
5 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.83%) Wireless
6 1 (0.41%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) Intranet
6 1 (0.41%) MPLS
6 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.44%) Power BI
2 9 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.83%) GIS
5 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.41%) DB2
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.41%) OLAP
6 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (7.44%) JIRA
2 12 (4.96%) Git
3 9 (3.72%) GitLab
4 8 (3.31%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.65%) Travis CI
7 3 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.24%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.83%) JMeter
8 2 (0.83%) Mocha
8 2 (0.83%) Selenium
9 1 (0.41%) git-flow
9 1 (0.41%) JUnit
9 1 (0.41%) LSMW
9 1 (0.41%) Mockito
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 121 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.36%) Finance
3 41 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.70%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.20%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.55%) Marketing
7 9 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.31%) Banking
8 8 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.48%) Legal
10 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.65%) Publishing
11 4 (1.65%) Retail
12 3 (1.24%) French Language
12 3 (1.24%) German Language
12 3 (1.24%) Law
12 3 (1.24%) Military
13 2 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (11.98%) Analyst
2 27 (11.16%) Developer
3 25 (10.33%) Architect
3 25 (10.33%) Senior
4 18 (7.44%) Consultant
5 14 (5.79%) Lead
6 11 (4.55%) Project Manager
7 9 (3.72%) Delivery Manager
7 9 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (3.31%) Data Engineer
9 6 (2.48%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.48%) Change Manager
9 6 (2.48%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.07%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.31%) .NET
1 8 (3.31%) HTML
2 7 (2.89%) CSS
3 6 (2.48%) React
3 6 (2.48%) REST
3 6 (2.48%) XML
4 5 (2.07%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.07%) GraphQL
4 5 (2.07%) JSON
5 4 (1.65%) Pandas
5 4 (1.65%) RESTful
6 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.24%) Web Services
6 3 (1.24%) YAML
7 2 (0.83%) Jest
7 2 (0.83%) PySpark
7 2 (0.83%) Redux
7 2 (0.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.72%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.65%) CMDB
4 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.65%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.65%) NHS
5 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.24%) FMCG
5 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.83%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.83%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.41%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.31%) Windows
2 6 (2.48%) Unix
3 4 (1.65%) Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.40%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (21.07%) Agile
3 42 (17.36%) Project Management
4 27 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (10.33%) DevOps
6 23 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (9.50%) Roadmaps
7 20 (8.26%) Change Management
7 20 (8.26%) CI/CD
7 20 (8.26%) ITIL
8 19 (7.85%) Risk Management
9 18 (7.44%) Decision-Making
9 18 (7.44%) Migration
10 17 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (6.20%) Customer Service
12 14 (5.79%) Scrum
13 13 (5.37%) Computer Science
13 13 (5.37%) Containerisation
13 13 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
14 12 (4.96%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.33%) Python
2 18 (7.44%) SQL
3 14 (5.79%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.72%) C#
6 6 (2.48%) Bash
7 5 (2.07%) Java
7 5 (2.07%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.65%) Bicep
9 3 (1.24%) PHP
9 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.83%) ABAP
10 2 (0.83%) Ruby
11 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.41%) C++
11 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (15.70%) Degree
2 22 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.68%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.89%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.65%) CISSP
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.83%) CCIE
7 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.41%) CCDP
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) CCSP
8 1 (0.41%) CISM
8 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.37%) QA
2 6 (2.48%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.65%) GDPR
3 4 (1.65%) PMO
4 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) NCSC
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) COBIT
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.79%) Docker
2 7 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.72%) Terraform
3 7 (2.89%) Ansible
4 6 (2.48%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.48%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.48%) Puppet
5 5 (2.07%) Kibana
6 4 (1.65%) Grafana
7 3 (1.24%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.24%) logstash
8 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.83%) SCCM
8 2 (0.83%) WSUS
9 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.41%) Argo
9 1 (0.41%) Istio
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.41%) Nessus
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.79%) Oracle
2 14 (5.79%) SAP
3 10 (4.13%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.72%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.89%) BT
6 6 (2.48%) Google
7 5 (2.07%) VMware
8 4 (1.65%) Adobe
8 4 (1.65%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.65%) Splunk
9 3 (1.24%) Databricks
10 2 (0.83%) Apple
10 2 (0.83%) Cisco
10 2 (0.83%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.83%) IBM
11 1 (0.41%) Avaya
11 1 (0.41%) BMC
11 1 (0.41%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.41%) Informatica