Akamai Contract Job Trends in England

Akamai Technologies, Inc
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Akamai skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 512 546
Rank change year-on-year +43 +34 +180
Contract jobs citing Akamai 51 10 41
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.032% 0.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.47% 0.090% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 3 23
10th Percentile £420 - £475
25th Percentile £463 £544 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £615
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -8.54% +6.96%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £663
90th Percentile £670 £666 £702
UK median daily rate £508 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -15.42% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.30
25th Percentile - - £67.75
Median hourly rate - - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £69.25
90th Percentile - - £69.70
UK median hourly rate - - £68.50

All Cloud Skills
England

Akamai falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,962 11,138 14,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.61% 35.28% 35.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,397 7,413 10,631
10th Percentile £303 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 152 291
10th Percentile £15.20 £16.41 £14.61
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.80 £17.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.05 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +9.38% +44.93%

Akamai
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Akamai relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Akamai job vacancy trend in England

Akamai
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Akamai.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Akamai

Akamai
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Akamai in England over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Akamai in England

Akamai
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Akamai.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Akamai

Akamai
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Akamai within the England region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +23 20 £533 - 2
Midlands - 10 £483 -
West Midlands - 10 £483 -
North of England - 9 £638 -
Yorkshire - 8 £638 -
South East - 3 £500 -
South West - 3 - -
North West - 1 - -
Akamai
UK

Akamai
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.96%) CMS
1 1 (1.96%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 29 (56.86%) AWS
2 20 (39.22%) GCP
3 14 (27.45%) Azure
4 6 (11.76%) Cloudflare
5 3 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (3.92%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.92%) VULTR
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon ELB
7 1 (1.96%) AWS IoT
7 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.96%) Datadog
7 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.96%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 34 (66.67%) Firewall
2 22 (43.14%) Wireshark
3 9 (17.65%) Network Security
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (15.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 7 (13.73%) BGP
5 7 (13.73%) OSPF
5 7 (13.73%) SNMP
6 6 (11.76%) HTTPS
7 5 (9.80%) DNS
7 5 (9.80%) HTTP
8 3 (5.88%) DHCP
9 2 (3.92%) LAN
9 2 (3.92%) NetScaler
9 2 (3.92%) SD-WAN
9 2 (3.92%) WAN
10 1 (1.96%) Internet
10 1 (1.96%) SSL
10 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) GitLab
1 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 5 (9.80%) Banking
5 4 (7.84%) Legal
6 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Network Engineer
2 6 (11.76%) Architect
3 5 (9.80%) Security Architect
3 5 (9.80%) Security Engineer
3 5 (9.80%) Senior
3 5 (9.80%) Senior Architect
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Consultant
4 4 (7.84%) Juniper Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Senior Security Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Network Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Network Designer
6 2 (3.92%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) SailPoint
2 3 (5.88%) JSON
2 3 (5.88%) REST
2 3 (5.88%) XML
3 2 (3.92%) Node.js
3 2 (3.92%) OAuth
3 2 (3.92%) Regular Expression
4 1 (1.96%) .NET
4 1 (1.96%) FIDO
4 1 (1.96%) HTML
4 1 (1.96%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (37.25%) Security Posture
2 6 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.96%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) SCADA
6 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Linux
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Application Security
2 18 (35.29%) DevSecOps
2 18 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (31.37%) Ethical Hacking
4 15 (29.41%) Test Automation
5 13 (25.49%) OWASP
6 12 (23.53%) CI/CD
6 12 (23.53%) Security Testing
7 9 (17.65%) Cloud Security
7 9 (17.65%) DevOps
7 9 (17.65%) High Availability
7 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.73%) Incident Response
8 7 (13.73%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (13.73%) Reverse Engineering
9 6 (11.76%) Continuous Deployment
9 6 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (9.80%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (9.80%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.84%) CEH
3 3 (5.88%) CISSP
3 3 (5.88%) GIAC
3 3 (5.88%) GWAPT
4 2 (3.92%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CCSP
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CISM
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) GRC
2 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.92%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.92%) JSP 440
3 2 (3.92%) NCSC
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (29.41%) CSIRT
2 8 (15.69%) FortiGate
2 8 (15.69%) Terraform
3 3 (5.88%) Ansible
3 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (70.59%) F5
2 17 (33.33%) Splunk
3 12 (23.53%) Cisco
4 9 (17.65%) Imperva
5 8 (15.69%) Fortinet
5 8 (15.69%) Juniper
5 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
6 7 (13.73%) SolarWinds
7 4 (7.84%) Google
8 3 (5.88%) Infoblox
8 3 (5.88%) Palo Alto
8 3 (5.88%) Zscaler
9 2 (3.92%) ArcSight
9 2 (3.92%) Citrix
9 2 (3.92%) Meraki
9 2 (3.92%) Nokia
9 2 (3.92%) Qualys
10 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.96%) Oracle
10 1 (1.96%) Sitecore