Hybrid/Remote RIA Contract Job Trends

Rich Internet Application (RIA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RIA in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RIA over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 315 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing RIA 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.039% 0.017% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.056% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £516 - -
25th Percentile £522 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

RIA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,551 3,591 5,040
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.82% 31.02% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,227 2,281 3,478
10th Percentile £331 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -5.93% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 63 119
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.61 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -17.49% -23.24%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.06 £75.00 £76.90
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.56% -22.94% +21.43%

RIA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RIA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

RIA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

RIA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RIA

RIA
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RIA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RIA

RIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Chatbot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 4 (100.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 4 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Web Accessibility
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft