Hybrid/Remote Red Box Contract Job Trends
Red Box
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 17 October 2026, 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 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 375 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Red Box | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.015% | - | - |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.032% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £338 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £313 | - | - |
All Vendors
Work from Home
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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 6,182 | 4,638 | 5,484 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 45.25% | 47.58% | 44.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,876 | 2,840 | 3,308 |
| 10th Percentile | £339 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £525 | £522 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.24% | +0.53% | -0.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £613 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £700 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 306 | 150 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.48 | £15.00 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.25 | £20.69 | £24.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £34.00 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.35% | -15.00% | -23.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £64.88 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.96 | £67.55 | £76.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £24.19 | £24.00 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.79% | -27.27% | -24.79% |
Red Box Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Red Box and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Red Box Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Red Box.
Red Box Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.