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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 298 297
Rank change year-on-year -91 -1 +24
Contract jobs citing Internet 146 225 309
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.36% 5.96% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 124 212
10th Percentile £363 £241 £213
25th Percentile £404 £400 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.34% -4.62%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £642 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £528 £475
% change year-on-year -5.21% +11.05% -9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 26
10th Percentile £15.25 £22.73 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +64.71% -3.41%
75th Percentile £37.69 £48.75 £28.06
90th Percentile £45.65 £56.15 £60.88
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £24.20 £21.25
% change year-on-year -33.88% +13.88% +4.53%

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 3,350 3,774 5,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.49% 12.21% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 2,185 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £234 £213
25th Percentile £359 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £685 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 130 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.78
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.75 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% -11.71% +34.10%

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 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
London -52 71 £500 -5.66% 288
North of England -39 27 £525 +5.00% 186
Midlands -14 20 £442 +114.11% 100
West Midlands -16 17 £563 +136.84% 60
South East +2 15 £513 -6.82% 181
North West -21 15 £588 +23.68% 96
Yorkshire -32 12 £525 -12.50% 71
East Midlands -15 3 £435 +259.75% 40
East of England -30 3 £400 -28.89% 82
South West -7 2 £440 +3.53% 46
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 8 (5.48%) IIS
1 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.05%) Moodle
3 2 (1.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.48%) Chatbot
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.37%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Internet Expenses
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.49%) Azure
2 15 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (8.90%) Entra ID
3 13 (8.90%) SaaS
4 12 (8.22%) AWS
5 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.74%) GitHub
7 3 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.05%) GCP
7 3 (2.05%) IaaS
8 2 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.37%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.37%) PaaS
9 1 (0.68%) Akamai
9 1 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.18%) Firewall
2 27 (18.49%) TCP/IP
3 23 (15.75%) DNS
4 16 (10.96%) WAN
5 15 (10.27%) Network Security
6 13 (8.90%) LAN
6 13 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.53%) SMTP
8 9 (6.16%) VPN
9 8 (5.48%) Intranet
9 8 (5.48%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (4.79%) HTTP
10 7 (4.79%) Wireless
11 6 (4.11%) DKIM
11 6 (4.11%) DMARC
11 6 (4.11%) MPLS
12 5 (3.42%) IPsec
12 5 (3.42%) SD-WAN
12 5 (3.42%) Unified Communications
13 4 (2.74%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.48%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.05%) MySQL
5 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.05%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.37%) Big Data
6 2 (1.37%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.37%) Power BI
6 2 (1.37%) Tableau
7 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.68%) DB2
7 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.68%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.68%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.74%) Git
2 4 (2.74%) JIRA
3 3 (2.05%) MSI
3 3 (2.05%) PyCharm
4 2 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.37%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.37%) Gradle
4 2 (1.37%) Maven
4 2 (1.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.68%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.68%) GCC
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) NUnit
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.53%) Finance
5 7 (4.79%) Banking
6 6 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Law
8 4 (2.74%) Legal
9 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.37%) Back Office
10 2 (1.37%) Local Government
10 2 (1.37%) Military
10 2 (1.37%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Marketing
11 1 (0.68%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (12.33%) Network Engineer
2 16 (10.96%) Architect
3 15 (10.27%) Support Technician
4 13 (8.90%) Developer
5 12 (8.22%) Analyst
5 12 (8.22%) Support Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Senior
7 10 (6.85%) 1st Line Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) 1st Line Support
7 10 (6.85%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 10 (6.85%) Junior
7 10 (6.85%) Junior Support Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Junior Support Technician
7 10 (6.85%) Junior Technical Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Junior Technical Support
7 10 (6.85%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Technical Support
7 10 (6.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.22%) .NET
2 11 (7.53%) .NET Framework
3 9 (6.16%) WPF
4 8 (5.48%) HTML
4 8 (5.48%) WCF
4 8 (5.48%) WinForms
5 4 (2.74%) LDAP
5 4 (2.74%) SAML
6 3 (2.05%) CSS
6 3 (2.05%) NumPy
6 3 (2.05%) Pandas
6 3 (2.05%) RESTful
6 3 (2.05%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.37%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.37%) OAuth
7 2 (1.37%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.37%) OpenID
7 2 (1.37%) React
7 2 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.33%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.48%) Mobile App
2 8 (5.48%) Virtual Team
3 6 (4.11%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.11%) IoT
3 6 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.11%) RIA
3 6 (4.11%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.11%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.11%) W3C
4 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.42%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.42%) PKI
5 4 (2.74%) Cybercrime
5 4 (2.74%) Online Banking
5 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.05%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.05%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.81%) Windows
2 15 (10.27%) Linux
3 6 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.74%) Unix
5 3 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.68%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.12%) Agile
2 19 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (12.33%) User Experience
4 13 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (8.90%) Incident Response
5 12 (8.22%) Data Analysis
5 12 (8.22%) Roadmaps
5 12 (8.22%) SIEM
6 11 (7.53%) Computer Science
6 11 (7.53%) Server Management
7 10 (6.85%) AI
7 10 (6.85%) Design Patterns
7 10 (6.85%) ITIL
7 10 (6.85%) Migration
8 9 (6.16%) DevOps
8 9 (6.16%) Microservices
8 9 (6.16%) Network Design
8 9 (6.16%) Software Engineering
8 9 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.64%) SQL
2 13 (8.90%) Python
3 11 (7.53%) C#
4 10 (6.85%) T-SQL
5 9 (6.16%) PL/SQL
6 8 (5.48%) Java
6 8 (5.48%) VB
6 8 (5.48%) VBA
7 7 (4.79%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.74%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.37%) C
9 2 (1.37%) C++
10 1 (0.68%) Bash
10 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (19.86%) Degree
2 27 (18.49%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
5 14 (9.59%) CCNP
6 6 (4.11%) CCNA
7 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.42%) JNCIA
7 5 (3.42%) OSCP
8 4 (2.74%) CEH
8 4 (2.74%) CISSP
8 4 (2.74%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.74%) GIAC
8 4 (2.74%) GREM
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.05%) CCDA
9 3 (2.05%) CCDP
9 3 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.59%) QA
2 11 (7.53%) WCAG
3 9 (6.16%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.74%) SLA
5 2 (1.37%) GDPR
5 2 (1.37%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
5 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.37%) ISO17020
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.68%) NCSC
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (13.70%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.11%) Dovecot
3 6 (4.11%) Postfix
4 5 (3.42%) Docker
5 3 (2.05%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (8.90%) SCCM
2 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.11%) Terraform
4 4 (2.74%) Ansible
4 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.05%) QRadar
6 2 (1.37%) Grafana
6 2 (1.37%) Nessus
6 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.37%) Puppet
6 2 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.68%) CASB
7 1 (0.68%) EnCase
7 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.68%) FTK
7 1 (0.68%) Nmap
7 1 (0.68%) Packer
7 1 (0.68%) yum
Vendors
1 33 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.38%) Cisco
3 19 (13.01%) Zscaler
4 14 (9.59%) Palo Alto
5 11 (7.53%) Oracle
6 10 (6.85%) Citrix
7 9 (6.16%) VMware
8 8 (5.48%) Red Hat
9 7 (4.79%) Juniper
10 6 (4.11%) Aruba
10 6 (4.11%) Broadcom
10 6 (4.11%) Fortinet
10 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.42%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.42%) Splunk
12 3 (2.05%) F5
12 3 (2.05%) Google
13 2 (1.37%) Avaya
13 2 (1.37%) Meraki
13 2 (1.37%) Okta