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 25 November 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
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 476 525
Rank change year-on-year -45 +49 +136
Contract jobs citing BT 9 38 52
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.030% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.062% 0.27% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 27
10th Percentile £423 £146 £257
25th Percentile £448 £263 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -24.53%
75th Percentile £584 £540 £521
90th Percentile £669 £581 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £410
% change year-on-year +5.56% +9.76% -18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.50 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +12.32%

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 14,535 13,938 17,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.70% 45.12% 44.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,369 8,376 11,520
10th Percentile £287 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.64%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 717 435 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -26.26% +72.12%
75th Percentile £44.94 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.95 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +73.08%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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
South East -12 3 £700 - 6
West Midlands -23 3 £500 - 2
Midlands -35 3 £500 +313.22% 4
London -3 2 £413 -8.33% 5
North West -20 1 - - 1
North of England -46 1 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) MPLS
2 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) PABX
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Economy
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Fibre Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum Master
2 1 (11.11%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Telephony Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) IVR
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MRICS
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) CenturyLink
1 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Avaya
2 1 (11.11%) Nortel
2 1 (11.11%) Openreach