BT Contract Job Trends in the City of London

BT
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 119 109 129
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 +54
Contract jobs citing BT 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.11% 0.50% 0.29%
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
Central London median daily rate £505 £551 £200
% change year-on-year -8.27% +175.25% -62.19%

All Vendors
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 897 794 1,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 47.46% 42.99% 42.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 483 733
10th Percentile £338 £304 £308
25th Percentile £413 £457 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £774 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £20.02 £55.40 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £76.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £112.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.99% +489.47% -7.78%
75th Percentile £41.85 - £23.75
90th Percentile £44.16 - £54.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £77.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -67.03% +306.58% -8.23%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

BT job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BT

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BT

BT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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