Broadband Contracts in England

Broadband
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 572 644
Rank change year-on-year +125 +72 -95
Contract jobs citing Broadband 88 91 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.76% 1.47% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 51 85
10th Percentile £272 £313 £398
25th Percentile £278 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +32.08%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £581
90th Percentile £663 £725 £634
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% +28.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 15
10th Percentile £12.28 £42.81 £10.70
25th Percentile £15.02 £62.00 £20.63
Median hourly rate £24.00 £64.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.79% +126.32% +147.83%
75th Percentile £27.75 £68.75 £65.94
90th Percentile £28.75 £70.00 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £64.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -62.79% +126.32% +147.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +67 48 £500 -14.89% 20
London +61 23 £556 +1.14% 24
North of England +37 8 £295 -15.71% 23
North West +21 7 £295 -9.23% 10
South West +22 5 £295 -30.59% 7
Midlands +26 4 - - 11
West Midlands +31 2 - - 6
East of England +9 2 £265 -45.64% 6
East Midlands - 2 - - 5
Yorkshire +19 1 £200 -50.00% 13
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 39 (44.32%) IaaS
1 39 (44.32%) PaaS
1 39 (44.32%) SaaS
2 2 (2.27%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (47.73%) 5G
2 9 (10.23%) Internet
3 8 (9.09%) VPN
4 7 (7.95%) BGP
4 7 (7.95%) MPLS
4 7 (7.95%) VoIP
5 6 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (6.82%) Firewall
5 6 (6.82%) LAN
6 5 (5.68%) IPsec
6 5 (5.68%) L2TP
6 5 (5.68%) OSPF
6 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.68%) WAN
6 5 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.55%) DNS
8 3 (3.41%) BIG-IP
8 3 (3.41%) Ethernet
8 3 (3.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (3.41%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.14%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.41%) Git
3 2 (2.27%) git-flow
4 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 43 (48.86%) Organisational Skills
2 40 (45.45%) Law
3 16 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 9 (10.23%) Social Skills
5 6 (6.82%) Finance
6 3 (3.41%) Marketing
7 2 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.14%) French Language
8 1 (1.14%) German Language
8 1 (1.14%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.14%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (47.73%) Security Specialist
2 39 (44.32%) Penetration Tester
2 39 (44.32%) Security Penetration Tester
2 39 (44.32%) Security Tester
2 39 (44.32%) Tester
2 39 (44.32%) Testing Specialist
3 15 (17.05%) Network Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) Analyst
4 3 (3.41%) Design Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) IP Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) Lead
4 3 (3.41%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) Network Support
4 3 (3.41%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (3.41%) Project Manager
4 3 (3.41%) Senior
4 3 (3.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (3.41%) Senior Security Specialist
4 3 (3.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (44.32%) Web Services
2 2 (2.27%) Django
3 1 (1.14%) JSON
3 1 (1.14%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.14%) XML
3 1 (1.14%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 39 (44.32%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.27%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (2.27%) IoT
3 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.14%) Life Science
4 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.14%) STB
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.95%) Linux
2 3 (3.41%) Unix
2 3 (3.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (48.86%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (46.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (44.32%) Application Security
3 39 (44.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 39 (44.32%) OWASP
3 39 (44.32%) Penetration Testing
3 39 (44.32%) Security Testing
4 9 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 6 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.68%) Configuration Management
7 5 (5.68%) Customer Service
7 5 (5.68%) Network Design
8 4 (4.55%) Incident Management
8 4 (4.55%) Migration
9 3 (3.41%) Business Strategy
9 3 (3.41%) Computer Science
9 3 (3.41%) Process Improvement
9 3 (3.41%) Security Operations
9 3 (3.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.09%) Python
2 5 (5.68%) SQL
3 3 (3.41%) Perl
4 1 (1.14%) Bash
4 1 (1.14%) C
4 1 (1.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (46.59%) Security Cleared
2 39 (44.32%) CREST Certified
2 39 (44.32%) GIAC
2 39 (44.32%) GPEN
2 39 (44.32%) OSCP
2 39 (44.32%) SANS
3 10 (11.36%) Degree
4 9 (10.23%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.82%) CCNP
6 5 (5.68%) CCNA
7 3 (3.41%) ACCA
7 3 (3.41%) CIMA
8 2 (2.27%) CCDP
8 2 (2.27%) CCIP
8 2 (2.27%) CCSP
8 2 (2.27%) CISA
8 2 (2.27%) CISM
8 2 (2.27%) CISMP
8 2 (2.27%) CISSP
8 2 (2.27%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (44.32%) GDPR
1 39 (44.32%) NCSC
1 39 (44.32%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.41%) NIST
3 2 (2.27%) COBIT
3 2 (2.27%) GRC
3 2 (2.27%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (6.82%) Ansible
2 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (46.59%) Virgin Media
2 14 (15.91%) Cisco
3 8 (9.09%) Nokia
4 7 (7.95%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.68%) SAP
6 3 (3.41%) F5
6 3 (3.41%) Juniper
6 3 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.41%) Splunk
7 2 (2.27%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 2 (2.27%) Google
7 2 (2.27%) Huawei
7 2 (2.27%) Openreach
8 1 (1.14%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow