Internet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Internet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 258 273
Rank change year-on-year -33 +15 -44
Contract jobs citing Internet 110 182 263
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.80% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.34% 5.15% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 121 202
10th Percentile £172 £148 £170
25th Percentile £216 £250 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £553
90th Percentile £749 £600 £653
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 13
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.75 £12.85
25th Percentile £13.00 £14.00 £15.80
Median hourly rate £14.00 £18.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% -14.77% +69.23%
75th Percentile £47.88 £26.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £31.88 £48.45
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £19.50 £28.38
% change year-on-year +17.95% -31.28% +118.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,297 3,531 4,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.52% 15.54% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,860 2,198 2,761
10th Percentile £203 £212 £189
25th Percentile £350 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +5.56% +9.42%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £498 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 302 240
10th Percentile £13.25 - £14.71
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.54 £48.48
90th Percentile £73.45 £75.00 £60.09
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +4.00%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -6 29 £481 -3.75% 48
Midlands +27 27 £630 +32.63% 49
West Midlands +23 19 £750 +50.00% 28
Scotland +21 18 £188 +7.14% 10
North of England +14 16 £325 -16.13% 68
South West -19 12 £475 +11.76% 37
East Midlands +15 8 £250 -33.33% 21
Yorkshire +10 8 £325 -35.00% 23
North West +1 8 £475 +35.71% 34
East of England -2 4 £233 -57.14% 32
Northern Ireland +4 3 £563 - 7
Wales +20 1 £325 +1.56% 9
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.91%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.91%) Smallworld
Applications
1 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.82%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.82%) InVision
3 2 (1.82%) Sketch
4 1 (0.91%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.91%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.91%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.91%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.64%) Azure
3 2 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.82%) Figma
3 2 (1.82%) OneDrive
3 2 (1.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.91%) AWS
4 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.91%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.91%) IaaS
4 1 (0.91%) PaaS
4 1 (0.91%) SaaS
4 1 (0.91%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (20.00%) WAN
2 21 (19.09%) MPLS
3 20 (18.18%) LAN
4 19 (17.27%) Firewall
5 16 (14.55%) VPN
6 11 (10.00%) WLAN
7 9 (8.18%) DNS
7 9 (8.18%) Network Security
7 9 (8.18%) SD-WAN
7 9 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (7.27%) Ethernet
9 7 (6.36%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (6.36%) TCP/IP
9 7 (6.36%) VoIP
10 6 (5.45%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (5.45%) PBX
11 5 (4.55%) ADSL
11 5 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (4.55%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) GIS
1 2 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.91%) OLAP
2 1 (0.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.91%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.91%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.91%) Git
2 1 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.91%) TestComplete
2 1 (0.91%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (16.36%) Telecoms
3 15 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.27%) Finance
5 6 (5.45%) Legal
6 5 (4.55%) Italian Language
7 4 (3.64%) Automotive
7 4 (3.64%) Banking
7 4 (3.64%) Electronics
7 4 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.82%) Law
9 2 (1.82%) Marketing
9 2 (1.82%) Military
9 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Advertising
10 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.91%) German Language
Job Titles
1 14 (12.73%) Network Engineer
2 12 (10.91%) Architect
3 10 (9.09%) Analyst
3 10 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 7 (6.36%) IT Engineer
4 7 (6.36%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.45%) IT Support
5 6 (5.45%) Network Architect
5 6 (5.45%) Support Officer
6 5 (4.55%) Administrator
6 5 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (4.55%) Software Engineer
6 5 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.55%) Technical Support
6 5 (4.55%) Technical Support Officer
7 4 (3.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (3.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (3.64%) Service Analyst
7 4 (3.64%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) Web Services
2 3 (2.73%) Blazor
2 3 (2.73%) OpenGL
2 3 (2.73%) WebRTC
3 2 (1.82%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.91%) .NET
4 1 (0.91%) J2EE
4 1 (0.91%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.36%) IoT
3 4 (3.64%) Device Driver
3 4 (3.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.64%) PCIe
3 4 (3.64%) Verilog
3 4 (3.64%) VHDL
4 3 (2.73%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.73%) CMDB
4 3 (2.73%) CUDA
4 3 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.73%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.73%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.82%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.82%) iPad
5 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.82%) Tandem
5 2 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.91%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.55%) Windows
2 9 (8.18%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.55%) Linux
4 4 (3.64%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (3.64%) VxWorks
4 4 (3.64%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.73%) Unix
6 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.91%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (19.09%) Agile
3 16 (14.55%) Customer Service
4 13 (11.82%) Configuration Management
4 13 (11.82%) ITIL
5 12 (10.91%) Validation
6 11 (10.00%) Migration
7 10 (9.09%) Network Architecture
7 10 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 10 (9.09%) Project Management
8 9 (8.18%) Programme Management
8 9 (8.18%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.27%) Analytics
9 8 (7.27%) E-Commerce
9 8 (7.27%) Software Engineering
9 8 (7.27%) Software Testing
10 7 (6.36%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (6.36%) PRINCE2
10 7 (6.36%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.64%) C
1 4 (3.64%) C#
1 4 (3.64%) Embedded C
1 4 (3.64%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.73%) C++
2 3 (2.73%) Embedded C++
2 3 (2.73%) SQL
3 2 (1.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.82%) Python
4 1 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.91%) Java
4 1 (0.91%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (20.91%) Degree
2 21 (19.09%) Security Cleared
3 20 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (5.45%) BC Cleared
5 6 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.45%) CCIE
6 5 (4.55%) CCIE Data Center
6 5 (4.55%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.82%) CCNA
8 2 (1.82%) CCNP
8 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.91%) CCDP
9 1 (0.91%) CCIP
9 1 (0.91%) CISM
9 1 (0.91%) CISSP
9 1 (0.91%) ISEB
9 1 (0.91%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.91%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.36%) SLA
2 5 (4.55%) QA
3 4 (3.64%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (3.64%) MISRA
3 4 (3.64%) MISRA C
4 3 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.82%) GDPR
5 2 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.82%) WCAG
6 1 (0.91%) GRC
6 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.91%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.91%) NCSC
6 1 (0.91%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.91%) NIST
6 1 (0.91%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.45%) Firmware
3 5 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Terraform
2 1 (0.91%) Ansible
2 1 (0.91%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Cisco
2 15 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.00%) VMware
4 9 (8.18%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 5 (4.55%) Infoblox
5 5 (4.55%) Juniper
5 5 (4.55%) Openreach
5 5 (4.55%) Symantec
5 5 (4.55%) Zscaler
6 4 (3.64%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.64%) Intel
7 3 (2.73%) Autodesk
7 3 (2.73%) BT
7 3 (2.73%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.73%) NVIDIA
7 3 (2.73%) Oracle
8 2 (1.82%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (1.82%) Meraki
8 2 (1.82%) Virgin Media