Openreach Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Openreach
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, 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 Openreach.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Openreach 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands - - 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £475 £263 £450
% change year-on-year +80.95% -41.67% -7.69%

All Vendors
East Midlands

Openreach 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 405 259 366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.66% 43.53% 49.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 158 240
10th Percentile £163 £237 £237
25th Percentile £350 £356 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +6.74%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £651 £701
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 12 22
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.70 £11.27
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.53 £13.00
Median hourly rate £20.88 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.79% +9.68% -11.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £21.80 £27.49
90th Percentile - £52.68 £88.75
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.78 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.84% -32.91% +77.76%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Openreach relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Openreach job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Openreach
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Openreach.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Openreach