Broadband Contracts in the East of England

Broadband
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 97 109
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +19
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Broadband 1 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.079% 0.063% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 0.38% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £335
25th Percentile £313 £198 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £215 £500
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -57.00% +71.67%
75th Percentile £338 £233 £550
90th Percentile - - £565
England median daily rate £434 £462 £500
% change year-on-year -6.01% -7.70% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

Broadband 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 the East of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 241 266 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.04% 16.87% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 123 211
10th Percentile £225 £206 £225
25th Percentile £363 £261 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.88% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £575
90th Percentile £680 £580 £700
England median daily rate £492 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 75 48
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.29 £16.77
25th Percentile £28.85 £16.30 £57.19
Median hourly rate £62.25 £48.56 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.19% -25.29% +144.54%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.65 - £73.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.55% -0.23% +50.23%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the East of England

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Broadband.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Broadband

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Broadband.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Broadband

Broadband
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex - 1 £325 -
Broadband
England

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audit Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks