The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Retrofit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retrofit over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
Retrofit 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
2,564
3,665
6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
25.89%
23.88%
25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,870
2,555
4,857
10th Percentile
£365
£331
£395
25th Percentile
£425
£428
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£525
£540
Median % change year-on-year
-
-2.78%
-0.46%
75th Percentile
£650
£650
£663
90th Percentile
£825
£775
£753
UK median daily rate
£525
£530
£550
% change year-on-year
-0.94%
-3.64%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
31
93
80
10th Percentile
£52.50
£28.00
£22.50
25th Percentile
£61.25
-
£42.13
Median hourly rate
£65.00
£43.00
£63.25
Median % change year-on-year
+51.16%
-32.02%
+29.08%
75th Percentile
£70.25
£62.00
£75.00
90th Percentile
£93.75
£72.50
£80.25
UK median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
Retrofit Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Retrofit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Retrofit Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Retrofit.
Retrofit Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option
Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Retrofit over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Retrofit Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Retrofit 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 Retrofit.
Retrofit 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:
