The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ActiveX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ActiveX over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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 with remote or hybrid options 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
2,764
3,404
5,639
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
26.97%
25.18%
24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,953
2,405
4,183
10th Percentile
£350
£332
£375
25th Percentile
£413
£431
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£515
£550
£530
Median % change year-on-year
-6.36%
+3.77%
-3.64%
75th Percentile
£650
£675
£653
90th Percentile
£825
£850
£750
UK median daily rate
£505
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-8.18%
-
-2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted
52
84
64
10th Percentile
£31.25
£35.30
£26.28
25th Percentile
£42.44
-
£49.06
Median hourly rate
£65.00
£43.00
£64.50
Median % change year-on-year
+51.16%
-33.33%
+16.22%
75th Percentile
£67.25
£54.75
£74.06
90th Percentile
£68.00
£72.31
£77.28
UK median hourly rate
£54.88
£52.50
£60.00
% change year-on-year
+4.52%
-12.50%
+9.09%
ActiveX Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing ActiveX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
ActiveX Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ActiveX.
ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ActiveX.
ActiveX Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.
ActiveX 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:
