BT Contract Job Trends in England

BT
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 18 October 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 Group plc.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 484 544
Rank change year-on-year -21 +60 +137
Contract jobs citing BT 12 45 50
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.042% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.089% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 27
10th Percentile £423 £251 £223
25th Percentile £448 £411 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +23.75% -33.33%
75th Percentile £566 £731 £521
90th Percentile £616 £863 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £495 £410
% change year-on-year -4.04% +20.73% -24.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £13.99 - -
25th Percentile £14.25 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.69 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.30 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,499 14,317 18,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.78% 44.85% 44.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,584 8,573 12,113
10th Percentile £278 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 666 488 628
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.00 £20.19
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.94% -20.94% +81.04%
75th Percentile £42.24 £65.00 £63.41
90th Percentile £69.65 £71.85 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £33.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -27.27% -24.79% +82.83%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BT job vacancy trend in England

BT
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BT

BT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BT in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BT in England

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BT

BT
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 BT within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +12 5 £506 +2.27% 5
Midlands -13 4 £500 - 7
South East -5 3 - - 12
West Midlands -17 3 £500 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
BT
UK

BT
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud9 IDE
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Broadband
1 3 (25.00%) VoIP
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) MPLS
2 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Economy
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Senior
1 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Business Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Operations Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Scrum Master
2 1 (8.33%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Site Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Proactive Management
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Scrum
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) MRICS
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) CenturyLink
1 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) Remedy