Red Box
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Red Box products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Box over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Red Box Recorders.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 690 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +168 |
| Contract jobs citing Red Box | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.014% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | - | 0.032% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £319 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -20.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £444 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £523 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Vendors
UK
Red Box falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 13,816 | 18,264 | 24,935 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 47.56% | 42.47% | 42.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,631 | 11,330 | 16,673 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £263 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £515 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.49% | -1.90% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £630 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £738 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | - | +7.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 569 | 1,110 | 685 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.42 | £12.11 | £15.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £14.48 | £18.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.50 | £22.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.91% | -48.24% | +97.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.00 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £21.46 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.18% | -42.77% | +97.37% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Red Box as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Red Box.