Openreach Contracts in the South West

Openreach
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Openreach products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Openreach over the 6 months to 27 April 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 Openreach.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 172 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Contract jobs citing Openreach 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.055% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.46% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £688 £203 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £205 -
Median % change year-on-year +339.02% - -
75th Percentile £950 £208 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £515 £399 £270
% change year-on-year +29.15% +47.69% -4.42%

All Vendors
South West

Openreach 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 advertised in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,291 1,477 1,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.76% 40.57% 37.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,112 976
10th Percentile £194 £241 £215
25th Percentile £400 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £725 £715 £654
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 85 55
10th Percentile £13.69 £18.05 £15.00
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £46.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +34.87% +3.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.67
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Openreach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Openreach in the South West

Openreach
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Openreach in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Openreach in the South West

Openreach
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Openreach in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Openreach in the South West

Openreach
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Openreach within the South West 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
Somerset +3 2 £205 -
Wiltshire - 2 £900 -
Dorset - 1 £900 -
Bristol - 1 £900 -
Openreach
England

Openreach
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (33.33%) PSTN
2 1 (16.67%) ISDN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Communications Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
1 1 (16.67%) Business Case
1 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
1 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
1 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) BT