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 15 January 2026, 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 452 507
Rank change year-on-year -70 +55 +140
Contract jobs citing BT 13 33 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.041% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.088% 0.27% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 28
10th Percentile £336 £206 £187
25th Percentile £357 £278 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +16.09% -16.18%
75th Percentile £547 £495 £517
90th Percentile £755 £544 £688
UK median daily rate £394 £450 £394
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.24% -12.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £13.74
25th Percentile - - £14.48
Median hourly rate - - £16.43
75th Percentile - - £17.94
90th Percentile - - £18.43
UK median hourly rate £15.51 - £16.43
% change year-on-year - - +24.81%

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 14,779 12,397 15,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.53% 45.98% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,697 7,489 10,179
10th Percentile £300 £290 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 686 351 628
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.49 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -31.57% +35.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.50
% change year-on-year -12.17% -37.64% +50.00%

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026. 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 -25 4 £520 - 17
London -26 4 £413 -8.33% 7
South West -22 2 £375 +22.95% 9
West Midlands -35 2 £475 - 1
Midlands -39 2 £475 +292.56% 2
North West -24 1 - - 3
North of England -42 1 - - 5
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 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Google Ads
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) MPLS
2 1 (7.69%) PABX
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SAP BW
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Economy
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (7.69%) Analyst
1 1 (7.69%) Architect
1 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
1 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
1 1 (7.69%) Business Project Manager
1 1 (7.69%) Developer
1 1 (7.69%) Fibre Analyst
1 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
1 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
1 1 (7.69%) Project Officer
1 1 (7.69%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Architect
1 1 (7.69%) Scrum Master
1 1 (7.69%) Senior
1 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
1 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
1 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Analyst
1 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Business Analyst
1 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Specialist
1 1 (7.69%) Telephony Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) IVR
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (23.08%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (15.38%) Agile
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
2 2 (15.38%) Design Thinking
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.69%) Scrum
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) System Testing
3 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) MRICS
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Ariba
1 1 (7.69%) Avaya
1 1 (7.69%) CenturyLink
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Nortel
1 1 (7.69%) Openreach
1 1 (7.69%) OpenText
1 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
1 1 (7.69%) SAP