The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for COM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
COM is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
3,657
6,026
13,120
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
24.98%
25.00%
29.72%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,580
4,520
9,729
10th Percentile
£342
£399
£400
25th Percentile
£431
£450
£451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£535
£540
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-0.93%
-1.82%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£650
£657
£650
90th Percentile
£800
£750
£738
UK median daily rate
£538
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-2.27%
-
+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
92
76
111
10th Percentile
£24.23
£24.13
£22.50
25th Percentile
-
£45.94
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£43.00
£62.50
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
-31.20%
+19.05%
+16.67%
75th Percentile
£62.00
£75.00
£66.27
90th Percentile
£72.50
£80.13
£76.64
UK median hourly rate
£47.50
£65.00
£52.50
% change year-on-year
-26.92%
+23.81%
+16.67%
COM Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing COM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COM 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 COM.
COM 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 COM.
COM Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, contractor job vacancies citing COM also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for COM.
COM 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: