Broadband Contracts in the UK excluding London

Broadband
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 399 464
Rank change year-on-year +25 +65 -83
Contract jobs citing Broadband 23 32 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 0.91% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 33
10th Percentile £222 £351 £170
25th Percentile £273 £403 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £531 £475
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +11.84% +46.15%
75th Percentile £497 £579 £537
90th Percentile £526 £615 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -11.63% +4.88% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £20.86 -
25th Percentile £12.28 £31.13 £10.50
Median hourly rate £20.53 £49.51 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.53% +350.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £28.75 £69.13 £11.50
90th Percentile - £80.15 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.25 £28.50
% change year-on-year -61.34% +135.96% +147.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,296 3,519 4,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.91% 15.44% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,872 2,200 2,723
10th Percentile £204 £210 £187
25th Percentile £350 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +5.56% +12.15%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 304 242
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.46
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.07
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £59.88
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +10.00%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the UK excluding London

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Broadband in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Broadband in the UK excluding London

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in the UK excluding London

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Broadband in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in the UK excluding London

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK excluding London

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +15 7 £488 -17.37% 19
North of England +26 6 £295 -12.59% 25
South West +1 6 £295 -28.48% 4
North West +22 5 £295 -9.23% 11
Midlands - 4 - - 16
Scotland +28 2 £525 -4.55% 13
East Midlands - 2 - - 8
West Midlands - 2 - - 8
Yorkshire +14 1 £200 -42.86% 11
East of England +4 1 £215 -55.90% 2
Wales - 1 - - 4
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) LAN
1 5 (21.74%) VoIP
2 4 (17.39%) Internet
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (13.04%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) WAN
4 2 (8.70%) 4G
4 2 (8.70%) 5G
4 2 (8.70%) DNS
4 2 (8.70%) Skype
4 2 (8.70%) Wireless
5 1 (4.35%) 3G
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (4.35%) DSL
5 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall
5 1 (4.35%) IPsec
5 1 (4.35%) MPLS
5 1 (4.35%) VLAN
5 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (34.78%) Telecoms
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Data Designer
2 2 (8.70%) Designer
2 2 (8.70%) Network Support
2 2 (8.70%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Product Owner
2 2 (8.70%) Provisioning Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
2 2 (8.70%) Senior
2 2 (8.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Specialist
2 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Administration Assistant
3 1 (4.35%) Information Officer
3 1 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (4.35%) Security Officer
3 1 (4.35%) Supplier Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Systems Test Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Java EE
1 2 (8.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 3 (13.04%) Scrum
4 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
4 2 (8.70%) Backlog Management
4 2 (8.70%) CAFM
4 2 (8.70%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 2 (8.70%) CRM
4 2 (8.70%) Data Design
4 2 (8.70%) Design Patterns
4 2 (8.70%) Facilities Management
4 2 (8.70%) Market Research
4 2 (8.70%) OO
4 2 (8.70%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
4 2 (8.70%) Security Operations
4 2 (8.70%) Time Management
4 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Java
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) CCNA
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 2 (8.70%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.35%) CSPO
4 1 (4.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Openreach
3 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 2 (8.70%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) Virgin Media