PPP Contracts in England

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PPP over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 653 771
Rank change year-on-year +122 +118 -159
Contract jobs citing PPP 17 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.030% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.34% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 4
10th Percentile - - £354
25th Percentile - £263 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £325 £394
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% -17.46% +21.53%
75th Percentile £500 £363 £419
90th Percentile £568 £580 -
UK median daily rate £65 £325 £394
% change year-on-year -80.00% -17.46% +21.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £19.93 - £26.30
25th Percentile £22.06 £18.50 £26.38
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -32.14% +43.59%
75th Percentile £24.75 £19.50 £29.88
90th Percentile - - £30.10
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year +26.32% -23.23% +26.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

PPP 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 5,062 6,202 7,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.60% 12.23% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 4,079 5,231
10th Percentile £205 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 449 306
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.44
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +4.05%

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PPP in England

PPP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PPP in England

PPP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PPP in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PPP in England

PPP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PPP in England

PPP
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 PPP within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +31 12 £65 -80.00% 6
North West +17 12 £65 -80.00% 6
South East +14 3 £500 - 3
London - 2 - - 8
PPP
UK

PPP
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 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) BGP
1 4 (23.53%) EIGRP
1 4 (23.53%) Ethernet
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
1 4 (23.53%) MPLS
1 4 (23.53%) OSPF
1 4 (23.53%) VPN
1 4 (23.53%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) IPsec
2 3 (17.65%) SNMP
2 3 (17.65%) TACACS
2 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) VoIP
3 2 (11.76%) Broadband
3 2 (11.76%) DSL
3 2 (11.76%) RIP
3 2 (11.76%) SDH
3 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.88%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GoogleTest
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.88%) TestRail
2 1 (5.88%) Valgrind
2 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Information Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) JSON
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
1 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) IoT
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.88%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Ubuntu
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Asset Management
1 10 (58.82%) Risk Management
2 9 (52.94%) Scrum
3 8 (47.06%) Agile
3 8 (47.06%) Kanban
4 7 (41.18%) Backlog Management
4 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
4 7 (41.18%) Sprint Planning
4 7 (41.18%) Sprint Retrospective
4 7 (41.18%) Sprint Review
4 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (41.18%) User Stories
5 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 4 (23.53%) Process Management
6 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Contingency Planning
7 2 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Network Design
7 2 (11.76%) Order Management
7 2 (11.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) C++
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) SC Cleared
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) BC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (17.65%) CCDP
4 3 (17.65%) CCIP
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) COSO
2 2 (11.76%) ISO 31000
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco
1 4 (23.53%) Juniper
2 3 (17.65%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 3 (17.65%) Nokia
3 2 (11.76%) ADVA
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (5.88%) Tellabs