Internet Contract Job Trends in England

Internet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 325 314
Rank change year-on-year -88 -11 +21
Contract jobs citing Internet 141 169 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.66% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.04% 4.99% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 94 136
10th Percentile £302 £250 £205
25th Percentile £404 £385 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £523 £481
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +8.62% -8.33%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £595
90th Percentile £648 £684 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £521 £475
% change year-on-year -8.74% +9.58% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 43
10th Percentile £15.25 £23.05 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.44 £29.88 £13.63
Median hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.35% +100.00% -1.16%
75th Percentile £16.50 £58.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £22.50 £67.75 £64.13
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £32.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -50.77% +32.65% +23.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,489 3,390 5,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.26% 13.14% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,270 1,986 3,175
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £483
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.63% -7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 96 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.78 £20.30 £21.06
Median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +137.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +138.93%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Internet job vacancy trend in England

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internet

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in England over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in England

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internet

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet in England over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in England

Internet
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 Internet within the England region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
London -64 67 £425 -19.05% 79
North of England -43 35 £525 +10.53% 82
North West -24 14 £550 +57.14% 38
Midlands -47 11 - - 42
Yorkshire -54 11 £344 -42.71% 36
North East -3 10 - - 15
South East -39 10 £413 -21.43% 70
West Midlands -42 8 - - 18
East of England -30 7 £450 -23.40% 42
South West -33 2 £400 -23.08% 31
East Midlands -23 1 - - 24
Internet
UK

Internet
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 13 (9.22%) IIS
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.38%) Chatbot
2 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.15%) Azure
2 13 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.09%) AWS
3 10 (7.09%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.38%) GCP
5 7 (4.96%) SaaS
6 5 (3.55%) GitHub
6 5 (3.55%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.13%) Canva
7 3 (2.13%) OCI
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.71%) Figma
8 1 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.71%) IaaS
8 1 (0.71%) PaaS
8 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.86%) Firewall
2 25 (17.73%) WAN
3 21 (14.89%) DNS
3 21 (14.89%) Network Security
4 18 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (12.06%) LAN
6 15 (10.64%) TCP/IP
7 13 (9.22%) SD-WAN
8 11 (7.80%) VPN
9 10 (7.09%) Wireless
10 9 (6.38%) MPLS
11 8 (5.67%) DHCP
12 7 (4.96%) BGP
13 6 (4.26%) Intranet
13 6 (4.26%) OSPF
13 6 (4.26%) WLAN
14 5 (3.55%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (3.55%) Unified Communications
15 4 (2.84%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (2.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.51%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.84%) MySQL
3 4 (2.84%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.84%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.84%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.71%) Tableau
4 1 (0.71%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.55%) JIRA
3 4 (2.84%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.71%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.71%) GCC
4 1 (0.71%) GitLab
4 1 (0.71%) MSI
4 1 (0.71%) NUnit
4 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 45 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.35%) Finance
3 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
3 13 (9.22%) Telecoms
4 12 (8.51%) Banking
5 8 (5.67%) Marketing
5 8 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.55%) Law
8 3 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.13%) Legal
9 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.42%) Local Government
9 2 (1.42%) Military
10 1 (0.71%) Billing
10 1 (0.71%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.71%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (10.64%) Architect
1 15 (10.64%) Developer
1 15 (10.64%) Network Engineer
1 15 (10.64%) Senior
2 12 (8.51%) C# Developer
3 10 (7.09%) Sales Manager
3 10 (7.09%) Support Technician
4 9 (6.38%) Analyst
5 8 (5.67%) IT Support
5 8 (5.67%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.96%) Network Architect
7 6 (4.26%) Applications Developer
7 6 (4.26%) C# Application Developer
7 6 (4.26%) C# WCF Developer
7 6 (4.26%) C# WPF Developer
7 6 (4.26%) Marketing Manager
7 6 (4.26%) WCF Developer
7 6 (4.26%) WPF Developer
8 5 (3.55%) Junior Support Technician
8 5 (3.55%) Junior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.64%) .NET
2 14 (9.93%) .NET Framework
3 13 (9.22%) WPF
4 12 (8.51%) WinForms
5 6 (4.26%) WCF
6 4 (2.84%) NumPy
6 4 (2.84%) Pandas
6 4 (2.84%) TensorFlow
7 3 (2.13%) OAuth
7 3 (2.13%) OpenID
7 3 (2.13%) SAML
8 2 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.42%) CSS
8 2 (1.42%) HTML
8 2 (1.42%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.42%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.71%) .NET Compact Framework
9 1 (0.71%) Kafka
9 1 (0.71%) REST
9 1 (0.71%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.89%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.67%) Virtual Team
3 7 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.55%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.55%) PKI
5 5 (3.55%) RIA
5 5 (3.55%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.55%) Social Media
5 5 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.55%) W3C
6 4 (2.84%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.84%) Cybercrime
6 4 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Online Banking
6 4 (2.84%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.44%) Windows
2 3 (2.13%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) Android
3 2 (1.42%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.71%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.18%) Agile
1 20 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (9.93%) Data Analysis
4 14 (9.93%) User Experience
5 12 (8.51%) AI
5 12 (8.51%) Zero Trust
6 11 (7.80%) Migration
7 10 (7.09%) Affiliate Network
7 10 (7.09%) Change Management
7 10 (7.09%) DevOps
7 10 (7.09%) Information Security
8 9 (6.38%) Conversational UI
8 9 (6.38%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.38%) Network Architecture
8 9 (6.38%) Risk Management
8 9 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (5.67%) Project Management
9 8 (5.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.64%) C#
1 15 (10.64%) SQL
2 13 (9.22%) PL/SQL
2 13 (9.22%) T-SQL
3 12 (8.51%) VB
3 12 (8.51%) VBA
4 11 (7.80%) Python
5 7 (4.96%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.13%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.71%) C
7 1 (0.71%) C++
7 1 (0.71%) Java
7 1 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.71%) PHP
7 1 (0.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Security Cleared
2 24 (17.02%) Degree
3 12 (8.51%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.38%) CCNP
5 7 (4.96%) CCIE
6 5 (3.55%) OSCP
7 4 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.84%) CEH
7 4 (2.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.84%) GIAC
7 4 (2.84%) GREM
8 3 (2.13%) CISSP
8 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.71%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.71%) CCSP
10 1 (0.71%) CWSP
10 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) QA
2 6 (4.26%) WCAG
3 5 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.42%) GDPR
4 2 (1.42%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
4 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.42%) ISO17020
4 2 (1.42%) NCSC
4 2 (1.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.71%) GRC
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.71%) PMO
5 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.67%) SCCM
3 5 (3.55%) Terraform
4 4 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.13%) QRadar
6 2 (1.42%) Ansible
6 2 (1.42%) Nessus
7 1 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.71%) CASB
7 1 (0.71%) EnCase
7 1 (0.71%) FTK
7 1 (0.71%) Grafana
7 1 (0.71%) logstash
7 1 (0.71%) Nmap
7 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.18%) Cisco
3 14 (9.93%) Citrix
3 14 (9.93%) Oracle
4 13 (9.22%) Palo Alto
5 12 (8.51%) Zscaler
6 10 (7.09%) Aruba
6 10 (7.09%) ServiceNow
7 9 (6.38%) Google
8 7 (4.96%) Fortinet
9 6 (4.26%) Meraki
10 5 (3.55%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.55%) F5
10 5 (3.55%) Juniper
11 4 (2.84%) Okta
12 3 (2.13%) Adobe
12 3 (2.13%) BT
12 3 (2.13%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.13%) SAP
12 3 (2.13%) VMware