BT
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BT over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 650 696
Rank change year-on-year +168 +46 -79
Contract jobs citing BT 91 50 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.088% 0.18%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.20% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 111
10th Percentile £158 £230 £306
25th Percentile £180 £248 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £315 £480
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -34.38% +28.00%
75th Percentile £675 £523 £600
90th Percentile £713 £563 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £180 £255 £415
% change year-on-year -29.41% -38.55% +19.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 1
10th Percentile £14.02 - -
25th Percentile £14.06 £12.50 £11.17
Median hourly rate £14.63 £13.00 £11.78
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +10.36% +4.53%
75th Percentile £15.19 £13.50 £12.39
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.63 £13.00 £11.78
% change year-on-year +12.50% +10.36% +4.53%

All Vendors
UK

BT is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,099 24,537 34,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 42.97% 39.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 16,419 23,278
10th Percentile £263 £270 £298
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £741 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 666 888
10th Percentile £12.10 £15.23 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +97.67% -3.00%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.38 £63.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BT in the UK

BT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for BT in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for BT in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for BT in the UK

BT
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT 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 +131 81 £325 +3.17% 43
UK excluding London +81 59 £180 -29.41% 36
Work from Home +149 32 £165 -65.63% 26
London +109 22 £591 +24.47% 12
South East +38 22 £573 +81.90% 8
North of England +36 20 - - 15
Yorkshire - 20 - - 3
South West +21 12 £165 -35.29% 2
Midlands +30 3 - - 3
West Midlands +20 3 - - 3
Channel Islands - 2 £575 -

BT
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.40%) Akamai
2 1 (1.10%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 5 (5.49%) PSTN
3 4 (4.40%) Firewall
3 4 (4.40%) WAN
3 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.30%) ADSL
4 3 (3.30%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.30%) Internet
4 3 (3.30%) MPLS
4 3 (3.30%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (2.20%) ISDN
6 1 (1.10%) LAN
6 1 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (1.10%) Unified Communications
General
1 44 (48.35%) Telecoms
2 31 (34.07%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Finance
4 11 (12.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.59%) Banking
5 6 (6.59%) Police
5 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Automotive
9 1 (1.10%) Front Office
9 1 (1.10%) Legal
9 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 7 (7.69%) Support Engineer
2 7 (7.69%) Technical Support
3 6 (6.59%) Field Engineer
3 6 (6.59%) Field Support Engineer
3 6 (6.59%) Financial Services Project Manager
3 6 (6.59%) Support Specialist
3 6 (6.59%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (6.59%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (6.59%) Technical Support Engineer
3 6 (6.59%) Technical Support Specialist
4 5 (5.49%) Senior
4 5 (5.49%) Telecoms Manager
5 4 (4.40%) Contracts Manager
5 4 (4.40%) Developer
5 4 (4.40%) Embedded Developer
5 4 (4.40%) Problem Manager
5 4 (4.40%) Telecoms Specialist
6 3 (3.30%) Analyst
6 3 (3.30%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (4.40%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.40%) STB
4 4 (4.40%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.10%) CMDB
7 1 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.10%) Life Science
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.68%) ITIL
2 16 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (16.48%) Agile
4 12 (13.19%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (10.99%) GAP Analysis
5 10 (10.99%) Risk Assessment
6 9 (9.89%) Change Management
7 8 (8.79%) Line Management
8 7 (7.69%) Coaching
8 7 (7.69%) Customer Experience
8 7 (7.69%) Project Management
8 7 (7.69%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.49%) Budget Management
10 5 (5.49%) Service Delivery
11 4 (4.40%) Data Analysis
11 4 (4.40%) Incident Management
11 4 (4.40%) Scrum
11 4 (4.40%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) C
1 4 (4.40%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 20 (21.98%) Security Cleared
2 19 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.40%) Degree
4 4 (4.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.30%) BC Cleared
5 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.30%) ISTQB
5 3 (3.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (2.20%) CCNA
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.10%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.19%) SLA
2 9 (9.89%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (21.98%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (21.98%) Virgin Media
2 7 (7.69%) Cisco
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.49%) Openreach
5 4 (4.40%) AlgoSec
5 4 (4.40%) ForeScout
6 2 (2.20%) Arista
6 2 (2.20%) Bloomberg
6 2 (2.20%) NetCracker
6 2 (2.20%) Radianz
6 2 (2.20%) Refinitiv
6 2 (2.20%) Reuters
6 2 (2.20%) webMethods
7 1 (1.10%) Fujitsu