Internet Contracts in Birmingham

Internet
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 58 72
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing Internet 3 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 1.16% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.11% 6.00% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £151 £385 -
25th Percentile £163 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.00% - -
75th Percentile £359 £525 -
90th Percentile £462 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £750 £600
% change year-on-year -33.63% +25.00% +102.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £13.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.77% +21.38%
75th Percentile - £14.00 £16.13
90th Percentile - - £17.70
West Midlands median hourly rate - £13.75 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +5.77% +2.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 19.40% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 93 68
10th Percentile £165 £205 £313
25th Percentile £319 £290 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £597 £488 £700
90th Percentile £698 £600 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £19.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - £72.90 £20.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Internet in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Internet in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Internet in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Infoblox
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) Zscaler