Internet Contract Job Trends in Central London

Internet
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 122 111
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +23
Contract jobs citing Internet 30 6 20
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.29% 0.32% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.81% 3.41% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 4 12
10th Percentile £467 £208 £358
25th Percentile £500 £219 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £320 £525
Median % change year-on-year +67.97% -39.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £412 £578
90th Percentile £588 £443 £625
London median daily rate £538 £481 £525
% change year-on-year +11.69% -8.33% +10.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 254 176 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 10.90% 9.49% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 125 167
10th Percentile £260 £250 £283
25th Percentile £381 £406 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +2.10% -
75th Percentile £625 £664 £638
90th Percentile £728 £738 £740
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £27.10 £21.61 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £23.75 £31.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.47 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.39% -21.63% -33.33%
75th Percentile £155.34 £47.50 £33.75
90th Percentile - £58.34 -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £41.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -38.66% +54.72%

Internet Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Internet job vacancy trend in Central London

Internet Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Internet Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in Central London over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in Central London

Internet Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Internet 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 Internet within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -12 15 £538 +67.97% 13
City of Westminster - 4 - - 2
West End of London - 1 - - 2
Internet
London

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall13.3%4
1VPN13.3%4
3DNS6.7%2
3Intranet6.7%2
3Network Security6.7%2
3WAN6.7%2
7BGP3.3%1
7BIG-IP3.3%1
7Cisco Nexus3.3%1
7DHCP3.3%1
7F5 BIG-IP GTM3.3%1
7F5 BIG-IP LTM3.3%1
7HTTP3.3%1
7LAN3.3%1
7Multicast3.3%1
7SD-WAN3.3%1
7SNMP3.3%1
7VXLAN3.3%1
7Wi-Fi3.3%1
7Wireless3.3%1