Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 703 838
Rank change year-on-year +124 +135 -167
Contract jobs citing PPP 19 16 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.027% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.34% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 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 £488 £363 £419
90th Percentile £563 £580 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £65 £325 -
% change year-on-year -80.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £19.93 - -
25th Percentile £22.06 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -23.23% +26.92%
75th Percentile £24.75 £19.50 £29.13
90th Percentile - - £29.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.75 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +14.47% -13.64% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PPP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PPP in the UK

PPP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the UK 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
England +130 17 £65 -80.00% 15
UK excluding London +64 15 £65 -80.00% 9
Work from Home +141 14 £65 - 3
North of England +31 12 £65 -80.00% 6
North West +17 12 £65 -80.00% 6
South East +28 3 £500 - 2
London - 2 - - 7

PPP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) BGP
1 5 (26.32%) OSPF
2 4 (21.05%) DNS
2 4 (21.05%) EIGRP
2 4 (21.05%) Ethernet
2 4 (21.05%) Internet
2 4 (21.05%) MPLS
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
2 4 (21.05%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) Firewall
3 3 (15.79%) IPsec
3 3 (15.79%) SNMP
3 3 (15.79%) TACACS
3 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.79%) VoIP
4 2 (10.53%) Broadband
4 2 (10.53%) DSL
4 2 (10.53%) RIP
4 2 (10.53%) SDH
4 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) GoogleTest
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.26%) TestRail
2 1 (5.26%) Valgrind
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 1 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) JSON
1 1 (5.26%) REST
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
1 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) IoT
1 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.26%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Debian
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Risk Management
2 10 (52.63%) Asset Management
2 10 (52.63%) Scrum
3 9 (47.37%) Agile
4 8 (42.11%) Kanban
5 7 (36.84%) Backlog Management
5 7 (36.84%) Decision-Making
5 7 (36.84%) Sprint Planning
5 7 (36.84%) Sprint Retrospective
5 7 (36.84%) Sprint Review
5 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (36.84%) User Stories
6 4 (21.05%) Migration
6 4 (21.05%) Process Management
7 3 (15.79%) Design Patterns
7 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
8 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
8 2 (10.53%) Order Management
8 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C#
1 1 (5.26%) C++
1 1 (5.26%) Java
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) SC Cleared
1 12 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) Degree
3 4 (21.05%) BC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (21.05%) CCNP
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.79%) CCDP
4 3 (15.79%) CCIP
4 3 (15.79%) CCNA
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.26%) JNCIS
5 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) COSO
2 2 (10.53%) ISO 31000
2 2 (10.53%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Icinga
1 1 (5.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Juniper
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 3 (15.79%) Nokia
4 2 (10.53%) ADVA
5 1 (5.26%) Google
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.26%) MikroTik
5 1 (5.26%) Nokia Networks
5 1 (5.26%) Tellabs
5 1 (5.26%) TP-LINK
5 1 (5.26%) ZyXEL