Link 16 Contracts in England

Link 16 (L16)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Link 16 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Link 16 over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 652 778
Rank change year-on-year +116 +126 -155
Contract jobs citing Link 16 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.016% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £475 - £740
25th Percentile £487 £438 £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £450 £800
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -43.75% +72.69%
75th Percentile £521 £463 £844
90th Percentile - - £870
UK median daily rate £514 £450 £800
% change year-on-year +14.22% -43.75% +72.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £39.26
25th Percentile - - £40.55
Median hourly rate - - £45.83
75th Percentile - - £52.98
90th Percentile - - £55.39
UK median hourly rate - - £45.83

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Link 16 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 5,012 6,158 7,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.48% 12.21% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,022 4,045 5,187
10th Percentile £206 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.42%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 439 303
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -21.29% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.73
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% -0.88%

Link 16
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Link 16 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Link 16 in England

Link 16
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Link 16 in England.

Daily rate trend for Link 16 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Link 16 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Link 16 in England

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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 Link 16 within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 - 6 £514 -
Link 16
UK

Link 16
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Tactical Data Link
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OO
1 3 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Ada
1 3 (50.00%) Ada 95
1 3 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared