ActiveX Contract Job Trends

Microsoft ActiveX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ActiveX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 610
Rank change year-on-year - - +174
Contract jobs citing ActiveX 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - - 0.004%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £530
25th Percentile - - £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £598
75th Percentile - - £639
90th Percentile - - £657
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £598

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ActiveX falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,189 7,567 9,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.47% 21.88% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,414 4,793 6,998
10th Percentile £351 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 105 175
10th Percentile £30.40 £21.55 £31.55
25th Percentile £43.00 £36.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £74.70 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -1.54% +25.26% -20.17%

ActiveX
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ActiveX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ActiveX job vacancy trend in the UK

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ActiveX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ActiveX

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ActiveX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ActiveX