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 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 467 549
Rank change year-on-year -27 +82 +137
Contract jobs citing BT 18 61 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.19% 0.098%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.42% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 21
10th Percentile £430 £175 £185
25th Percentile £465 £293 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £575
90th Percentile - £850 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -14.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £13.79 - £13.25
25th Percentile - £14.06 £14.38
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.63 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -16.43% -
75th Percentile £14.69 £15.19 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £14.63 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.31% -16.43% +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 13,130 14,554 18,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 44.19% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,343 8,881 12,211
10th Percentile £275 £300 £262
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £650
90th Percentile £713 £732 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 595 579
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.26 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.62 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -23.58% +83.33%
75th Percentile £46.39 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.69 £70.00 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -16.17% -31.66% +83.61%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BT 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 September 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 September 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 +1 7 £480 - 9
London +14 6 £600 +21.21% 11
Midlands -15 5 £525 - 7
West Midlands -11 3 £525 - 7
East Midlands - 2 - -
BT
UK

BT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud9 IDE
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Broadband
2 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 2 (11.11%) VoIP
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) MPLS
3 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
3 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Economy
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Games
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (11.11%) Voice Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Analyst
2 1 (5.56%) Architect
2 1 (5.56%) BSS Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Change Analyst
2 1 (5.56%) Designer
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Lead
2 1 (5.56%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
2 1 (5.56%) Operations Manager
2 1 (5.56%) OSS Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Senior
2 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Site Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
2 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Specialist
2 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
3 1 (5.56%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.56%) Data Integration
4 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.56%) Logistics
4 1 (5.56%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Refactoring
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (5.56%) Security Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Service Management
4 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.56%) Statistics
4 1 (5.56%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (5.56%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) MRICS
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Citrix
1 2 (11.11%) Openreach
1 2 (11.11%) Remedy
1 2 (11.11%) Virgin Media
2 1 (5.56%) BMC
2 1 (5.56%) CenturyLink
2 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto