Broadband Contracts

Broadband
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Broadband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Broadband over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 582 691
Rank change year-on-year +62 +109 -113
Contract jobs citing Broadband 53 118 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.98% 1.67% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 69 102
10th Percentile £267 £355 £364
25th Percentile £273 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £538 £519
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +3.51% +23.63%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £581
90th Percentile £663 £700 £671
UK excluding London median daily rate £295 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -45.12% +7.50% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 12
10th Percentile £12.28 £47.60 £10.55
25th Percentile £15.02 £62.00 £14.56
Median hourly rate £26.00 £64.75 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +103.94% +176.09%
75th Percentile £28.75 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £46.88 £75.25 £68.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.53 £49.51 £11.00
% change year-on-year -58.53% +350.11% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Broadband is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,082 9,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.40% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,571 6,235
10th Percentile £205 £235 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 368
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Daily rate trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +38 48 £462 -12.10% 99
UK excluding London +40 25 £295 -45.12% 92
London +50 23 £575 +4.55% 22
Work from Home +97 18 £295 -44.47% 47
South East +20 8 £475 -18.10% 22
North of England +23 7 £295 -15.71% 28
North West +22 6 £295 -9.23% 12
South West +18 6 £295 -30.59% 7
Midlands - 4 - - 17
Scotland +43 2 £525 -4.55% 7
West Midlands - 2 - - 7
East Midlands - 2 - - 10
Yorkshire +19 1 £200 -50.00% 12
East of England +2 1 £215 -55.90% 4
Wales - 1 - - 9

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.98%) MPLS
2 8 (15.09%) Internet
2 8 (15.09%) VoIP
2 8 (15.09%) VPN
3 7 (13.21%) BGP
4 6 (11.32%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (11.32%) LAN
5 5 (9.43%) Firewall
5 5 (9.43%) IPsec
5 5 (9.43%) L2TP
5 5 (9.43%) WAN
5 5 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (7.55%) OSPF
6 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
7 3 (5.66%) BIG-IP
7 3 (5.66%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (5.66%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (5.66%) DHCP
7 3 (5.66%) DNS
7 3 (5.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.89%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (5.66%) Git
3 2 (3.77%) git-flow
3 2 (3.77%) JIRA
General
1 18 (33.96%) Telecoms
2 11 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) French Language
6 1 (1.89%) German Language
6 1 (1.89%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Network Engineer
2 6 (11.32%) Project Manager
3 4 (7.55%) IP Engineer
3 4 (7.55%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (7.55%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 3 (5.66%) Consultant
4 3 (5.66%) Design Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Lead
4 3 (5.66%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Product Owner
4 3 (5.66%) Senior
5 2 (3.77%) Communications Manager
5 2 (3.77%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Network Support
5 2 (3.77%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) Security Specialist
5 2 (3.77%) Systems Test Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) Technical Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) JSON
2 2 (3.77%) Django
2 2 (3.77%) Java EE
3 1 (1.89%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.89%) XML
3 1 (1.89%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.66%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.77%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (3.77%) IoT
3 2 (3.77%) IPTV
3 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Life Science
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Unix
2 3 (5.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (16.98%) Roadmaps
3 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.32%) Agile
4 6 (11.32%) Project Management
5 5 (9.43%) Configuration Management
5 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
5 5 (9.43%) Migration
6 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
6 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (7.55%) Network Design
7 3 (5.66%) Business Strategy
7 3 (5.66%) CRM
7 3 (5.66%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.66%) Incident Management
7 3 (5.66%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (5.66%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.66%) Scrum
7 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) Python
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 3 (5.66%) Perl
4 2 (3.77%) Java
5 1 (1.89%) Bash
5 1 (1.89%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Degree
2 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (13.21%) CCNP
4 4 (7.55%) CCNA
5 3 (5.66%) ACCA
5 3 (5.66%) CIMA
6 2 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.77%) CCSP
6 2 (3.77%) CISA
6 2 (3.77%) CISM
6 2 (3.77%) CISMP
6 2 (3.77%) CISSP
6 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.77%) CRISC
6 2 (3.77%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.89%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.89%) CSPO
7 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.66%) NIST
2 2 (3.77%) COBIT
2 2 (3.77%) GRC
3 1 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.89%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Ansible
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Cisco
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Nokia
3 5 (9.43%) SAP
4 3 (5.66%) F5
5 2 (3.77%) Huawei
5 2 (3.77%) Openreach
5 2 (3.77%) Splunk
5 2 (3.77%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.89%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (1.89%) Juniper
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow