BT Contract Job Trends in Central London

BT
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of BT products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BT over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 123 137
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +51
Contract jobs citing BT 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.048% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% 0.44% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £119
25th Percentile £503 £550 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £551 £200
Median % change year-on-year -8.27% +175.25% -62.19%
75th Percentile £508 £551 £258
90th Percentile - - £289
London median daily rate £503 £540 £463
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.76% -14.27%

All Vendors
Central London

BT falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 977 915 1,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 47.11% 43.55% 42.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 577 786
10th Percentile £338 £307 £284
25th Percentile £418 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £661 £660 £675
90th Percentile £760 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.58% -1.00% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 11
10th Percentile £18.96 £30.15 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.08 £37.29 £14.88
Median hourly rate £25.47 £77.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.03% +306.58% -8.23%
75th Percentile £29.77 £112.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.92 - £48.75
London median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year -24.76% +30.48% +5.00%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

BT job vacancy trend in Central London

BT
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BT

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BT

BT
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
City of London -10 1 £505 -8.27% 3
BT
London

BT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) logstash