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 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 314 305
Rank change year-on-year -84 -9 +45
Contract jobs citing Internet 142 184 257
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.68% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.27% 5.33% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 99 163
10th Percentile £370 £218 £205
25th Percentile £404 £385 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £578 £583 £622
90th Percentile £670 £678 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 33
10th Percentile £15.25 £20.34 £10.71
25th Percentile £15.44 £23.10 £19.99
Median hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.35% +100.00% -3.41%
75th Percentile £16.50 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £24.98 £61.75 £69.43
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £24.20 £22.88
% change year-on-year -33.88% +5.79% +17.88%

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 3,326 3,449 5,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.45% 12.80% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,155 2,011 3,140
10th Percentile £204 £220 £208
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 103 318
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £18.90 £20.52 £24.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +132.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £71.00 £75.38
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.11% -40.25% +135.38%

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 January 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 January 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 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
London -57 56 £469 -11.14% 82
North of England -28 38 £538 +13.16% 110
Midlands -35 20 £563 +8.07% 52
North West -6 19 £625 +177.78% 45
West Midlands -24 18 £563 -5.90% 19
South East -27 10 £413 -17.50% 113
Yorkshire -51 10 £344 -42.71% 50
North East -5 9 - - 25
East of England -28 7 £450 -21.74% 60
South West -27 2 £400 -23.08% 49
East Midlands -31 1 - - 33
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 11 (7.75%) IIS
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.41%) Confluence
3 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.34%) Chatbot
3 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.42%) Azure
2 13 (9.15%) SaaS
3 12 (8.45%) Entra ID
4 11 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.34%) AWS
5 9 (6.34%) GCP
6 6 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.52%) GitHub
8 3 (2.11%) OCI
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.72%) Firewall
2 24 (16.90%) WAN
3 23 (16.20%) DNS
4 21 (14.79%) Network Security
5 17 (11.97%) LAN
5 17 (11.97%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (11.27%) TCP/IP
7 13 (9.15%) SD-WAN
8 12 (8.45%) VPN
9 10 (7.04%) Wireless
10 8 (5.63%) SMTP
11 7 (4.93%) MPLS
12 6 (4.23%) DKIM
12 6 (4.23%) DMARC
12 6 (4.23%) Intranet
12 6 (4.23%) WLAN
13 5 (3.52%) BGP
13 5 (3.52%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (3.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (3.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.04%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.82%) MySQL
3 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.82%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) Power BI
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
4 1 (0.70%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.82%) JIRA
2 4 (2.82%) PyCharm
3 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.70%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.70%) GCC
3 1 (0.70%) GitLab
3 1 (0.70%) MSI
3 1 (0.70%) NUnit
3 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 53 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.56%) Public Sector
3 13 (9.15%) Finance
4 12 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.45%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.63%) Banking
5 8 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Law
7 5 (3.52%) Legal
7 5 (3.52%) Marketing
8 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.41%) Local Government
8 2 (1.41%) Military
9 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Electronics
9 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Publishing
9 1 (0.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 22 (15.49%) Architect
2 16 (11.27%) Network Engineer
3 14 (9.86%) Developer
4 13 (9.15%) Senior
5 12 (8.45%) Analyst
6 10 (7.04%) C# Developer
6 10 (7.04%) Support Technician
7 9 (6.34%) Sales Manager
8 8 (5.63%) Network Architect
9 7 (4.93%) C# WCF Developer
9 7 (4.93%) C# WPF Developer
9 7 (4.93%) WCF Developer
9 7 (4.93%) WPF Developer
10 5 (3.52%) IT Support
10 5 (3.52%) IT Technician
10 5 (3.52%) Junior Support Engineer
10 5 (3.52%) Junior Support Technician
10 5 (3.52%) Junior Technical Support
10 5 (3.52%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.52%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.86%) .NET
2 13 (9.15%) .NET Framework
3 11 (7.75%) WPF
4 10 (7.04%) WinForms
5 7 (4.93%) WCF
6 4 (2.82%) NumPy
6 4 (2.82%) Pandas
6 4 (2.82%) TensorFlow
7 3 (2.11%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.11%) CSS
7 3 (2.11%) HTML
7 3 (2.11%) OAuth
7 3 (2.11%) OpenID
7 3 (2.11%) SAML
8 2 (1.41%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.41%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.41%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.41%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.68%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (4.23%) Security Posture
2 6 (4.23%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.52%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.52%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.52%) PKI
3 5 (3.52%) RIA
3 5 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (3.52%) W3C
4 4 (2.82%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.82%) Cybercrime
4 4 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.82%) Online Banking
4 4 (2.82%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.11%) Cyberattack
5 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.61%) Windows
2 10 (7.04%) Linux
3 6 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.70%) Android
5 1 (0.70%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (13.38%) Agile
1 19 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 16 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (9.86%) User Experience
3 14 (9.86%) Zero Trust
4 12 (8.45%) AI
4 12 (8.45%) Data Analysis
4 12 (8.45%) Validation
5 11 (7.75%) Migration
5 11 (7.75%) Network Architecture
5 11 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (7.04%) DevOps
6 10 (7.04%) Incident Response
6 10 (7.04%) Information Security
6 10 (7.04%) SIEM
7 9 (6.34%) Change Management
7 9 (6.34%) Computer Science
7 9 (6.34%) Conversational UI
7 9 (6.34%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.56%) SQL
2 14 (9.86%) C#
3 12 (8.45%) Python
3 12 (8.45%) T-SQL
4 11 (7.75%) PL/SQL
5 10 (7.04%) VB
5 10 (7.04%) VBA
6 7 (4.93%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.82%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.41%) Java
9 1 (0.70%) C
9 1 (0.70%) C++
9 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.70%) PHP
9 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 25 (17.61%) Degree
3 17 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 16 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (8.45%) CCNP
6 7 (4.93%) CCIE
7 5 (3.52%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.52%) OSCP
8 4 (2.82%) CEH
8 4 (2.82%) CISSP
8 4 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.82%) GIAC
8 4 (2.82%) GREM
9 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.70%) CCDA
10 1 (0.70%) CCDP
10 1 (0.70%) CCNA
10 1 (0.70%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) WCAG
3 5 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.41%) GDPR
4 2 (1.41%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
4 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.41%) ISO17020
4 2 (1.41%) NCSC
4 2 (1.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.41%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.70%) GRC
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.23%) Dovecot
3 6 (4.23%) Postfix
4 1 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (6.34%) SCCM
2 5 (3.52%) Terraform
3 3 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.11%) QRadar
3 3 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.41%) Ansible
4 2 (1.41%) Nessus
5 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.70%) CASB
5 1 (0.70%) EnCase
5 1 (0.70%) FTK
5 1 (0.70%) Grafana
5 1 (0.70%) Nmap
5 1 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.79%) Cisco
3 16 (11.27%) Zscaler
4 15 (10.56%) Palo Alto
5 12 (8.45%) Oracle
6 11 (7.75%) Citrix
7 9 (6.34%) Aruba
7 9 (6.34%) Google
7 9 (6.34%) VMware
8 7 (4.93%) Fortinet
8 7 (4.93%) Red Hat
8 7 (4.93%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.23%) Broadcom
9 6 (4.23%) Juniper
10 5 (3.52%) Meraki
11 4 (2.82%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.82%) Okta
12 3 (2.11%) F5
12 3 (2.11%) SAP
12 3 (2.11%) Splunk