Internet Contracts in the Midlands

Internet
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 145 155
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 -32
Contract jobs citing Internet 28 20 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.03% 0.58% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.73% 3.90% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 30
10th Percentile £374 - £143
25th Percentile £475 £363 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £288
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +91.30% -28.13%
75th Percentile £775 £600 £528
90th Percentile - £640 £588
England median daily rate £450 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £12.28 - £11.71
25th Percentile £12.52 £12.50 £12.38
Median hourly rate £13.50 £18.50 £12.63
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +46.48% -19.73%
75th Percentile £13.94 £28.50 £15.80
90th Percentile £14.00 £30.75 £20.69
England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.94% -0.91% +44.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Internet 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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 513 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.92% 14.90% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 337 395
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £312 £313 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +36 19 £750 +25.00% 29
East Midlands +22 9 £250 -33.33% 20
Internet
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) IaaS
1 1 (3.57%) PaaS
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) MPLS
1 9 (32.14%) WAN
2 7 (25.00%) VPN
3 6 (21.43%) Firewall
3 6 (21.43%) PBX
3 6 (21.43%) VoIP
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (17.86%) DHCP
4 5 (17.86%) DNS
4 5 (17.86%) LAN
4 5 (17.86%) SD-WAN
4 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
4 5 (17.86%) WLAN
5 4 (14.29%) Ethernet
5 4 (14.29%) Wireless
6 3 (10.71%) ADSL
6 3 (10.71%) PSTN
7 2 (7.14%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (46.43%) Telecoms
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Architect
1 5 (17.86%) Enterprise Architect
1 5 (17.86%) Support Officer
1 5 (17.86%) Technical Support
1 5 (17.86%) Technical Support Officer
2 3 (10.71%) Coordinator
2 3 (10.71%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Programme Director
4 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (3.57%) Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.57%) IT Support
4 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.57%) QA Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Smart Metering Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) ITIL
2 7 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
3 6 (21.43%) Network Architecture
3 6 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.86%) Architectural Design
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.86%) Data Analytics
4 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
4 5 (17.86%) Performance Management
4 5 (17.86%) Resource Management
4 5 (17.86%) SOA
4 5 (17.86%) Storage Management
4 5 (17.86%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (17.86%) TOGAF
5 4 (14.29%) Order Management
5 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) CCIE
1 5 (17.86%) CCIE Data Center
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.29%) BC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) SLA
2 4 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Cisco
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
3 5 (17.86%) Infoblox
3 5 (17.86%) Openreach
3 5 (17.86%) Palo Alto
3 5 (17.86%) Symantec
3 5 (17.86%) VMware
3 5 (17.86%) Zscaler
4 3 (10.71%) BT
5 2 (7.14%) Juniper
5 2 (7.14%) Virgin Media
6 1 (3.57%) Citrix