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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 302 298
Rank change year-on-year -102 -4 +25
Contract jobs citing Internet 149 217 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.70% 0.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 5.77% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 117 206
10th Percentile £363 £252 £213
25th Percentile £404 £400 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £625
90th Percentile £623 £695 £716
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £475
% change year-on-year -6.54% +12.63% -10.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 28
10th Percentile £15.25 £23.66 £15.93
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.35% +100.00% -9.57%
75th Percentile £37.69 £48.75 £30.88
90th Percentile £45.65 £56.15 £61.75
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £27.10 £21.25
% change year-on-year -40.96% +27.53% +2.26%

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 3,426 3,762 5,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.47% 12.18% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,200 2,192 3,563
10th Percentile £213 £235 £212
25th Percentile £362 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 131 327
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.42 £26.25 £23.05
Median hourly rate £33.39 £49.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -31.87% -13.26% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.48 £75.00 £76.16
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.37% -13.64% +30.95%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -38 76 £463 -11.90% 339
North of England -35 27 £500 +2.51% 226
Midlands -19 20 £442 +85.94% 109
West Midlands -15 17 £563 +63.64% 67
South East -5 15 £525 -4.55% 145
North West -15 15 £588 +46.88% 135
Yorkshire -39 12 £488 -18.75% 77
East Midlands -17 3 £435 +259.75% 42
East of England -34 2 £450 -20.00% 74
South West -11 1 - - 52
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 10 (6.71%) IIS
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.01%) Moodle
4 2 (1.34%) Confluence
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.04%) Chatbot
2 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.34%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Internet Expenses
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.48%) Azure
2 15 (10.07%) Entra ID
2 15 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (8.72%) AWS
3 13 (8.72%) SaaS
4 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.36%) GCP
5 5 (3.36%) GitHub
6 3 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.01%) OCI
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.34%) IaaS
7 2 (1.34%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.34%) PaaS
8 1 (0.67%) Akamai
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.67%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (20.13%) Firewall
2 25 (16.78%) TCP/IP
3 24 (16.11%) DNS
4 20 (13.42%) Network Security
5 15 (10.07%) WAN
6 12 (8.05%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.38%) LAN
7 11 (7.38%) SMTP
8 10 (6.71%) VPN
9 8 (5.37%) Intranet
9 8 (5.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (4.03%) DKIM
10 6 (4.03%) DMARC
10 6 (4.03%) HTTP
10 6 (4.03%) Wireless
11 5 (3.36%) DMZ
11 5 (3.36%) MPLS
11 5 (3.36%) SD-WAN
11 5 (3.36%) Unified Communications
12 4 (2.68%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.72%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.71%) Oracle Database
3 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.36%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.68%) MySQL
5 4 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.68%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.34%) Power BI
7 2 (1.34%) Tableau
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.67%) Big Data
8 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.67%) DB2
8 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.67%) GIS
8 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.67%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (6.04%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.68%) Git
2 4 (2.68%) JIRA
2 4 (2.68%) PyCharm
3 3 (2.01%) MSI
4 2 (1.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.34%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.34%) Gradle
4 2 (1.34%) Maven
4 2 (1.34%) Selenium
5 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.67%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.67%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.67%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.67%) GCC
5 1 (0.67%) GitLab
5 1 (0.67%) NUnit
5 1 (0.67%) Postman
5 1 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 68 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (10.74%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.72%) Finance
4 8 (5.37%) Banking
4 8 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Law
7 4 (2.68%) Legal
8 2 (1.34%) Back Office
8 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Local Government
8 2 (1.34%) Marketing
8 2 (1.34%) Military
8 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.34%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.67%) Electronics
9 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (11.41%) Architect
1 17 (11.41%) Network Engineer
2 15 (10.07%) Developer
2 15 (10.07%) Support Technician
3 14 (9.40%) Analyst
4 12 (8.05%) Support Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) 1st Line Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (6.71%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 10 (6.71%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 10 (6.71%) C# Developer
5 10 (6.71%) Junior
5 10 (6.71%) Junior Support Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Junior Technical Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Technical Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Technical Support
5 10 (6.71%) Technical Support Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) .NET
2 13 (8.72%) .NET Framework
3 11 (7.38%) WPF
4 10 (6.71%) WCF
4 10 (6.71%) WinForms
5 7 (4.70%) HTML
6 5 (3.36%) SAML
7 4 (2.68%) LDAP
7 4 (2.68%) NumPy
7 4 (2.68%) Pandas
7 4 (2.68%) TensorFlow
8 3 (2.01%) CSS
8 3 (2.01%) OAuth
8 3 (2.01%) OpenID
8 3 (2.01%) RESTful
9 2 (1.34%) ADO
9 2 (1.34%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.34%) Software Packaging
9 2 (1.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.09%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.70%) Virtual Team
3 6 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.03%) IoT
3 6 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.03%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.03%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.03%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (3.36%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.36%) Online Banking
4 5 (3.36%) PKI
4 5 (3.36%) RIA
4 5 (3.36%) W3C
5 4 (2.68%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.68%) Cybercrime
5 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.01%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.01%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (19.46%) Windows
2 13 (8.72%) Linux
3 6 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.68%) Unix
5 3 (2.01%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.01%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.34%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.67%) Android
7 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.67%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.67%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (18.12%) Agile
2 20 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (11.41%) User Experience
5 16 (10.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (9.40%) Data Analysis
7 13 (8.72%) Incident Response
7 13 (8.72%) SIEM
8 12 (8.05%) AI
8 12 (8.05%) Computer Science
9 11 (7.38%) Roadmaps
9 11 (7.38%) Server Management
10 10 (6.71%) Microservices
10 10 (6.71%) Migration
10 10 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (6.71%) Zero Trust
11 9 (6.04%) Customer Service
11 9 (6.04%) Design Patterns
11 9 (6.04%) DevOps
11 9 (6.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.75%) SQL
2 15 (10.07%) Python
3 13 (8.72%) C#
4 12 (8.05%) T-SQL
5 11 (7.38%) PL/SQL
6 10 (6.71%) VB
6 10 (6.71%) VBA
7 8 (5.37%) Java
7 8 (5.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.34%) C
9 2 (1.34%) C++
10 1 (0.67%) Bash
10 1 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (18.79%) Degree
2 27 (18.12%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.08%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (10.07%) SC Cleared
5 14 (9.40%) CCNP
6 5 (3.36%) CCNA
6 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.36%) OSCP
7 4 (2.68%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.68%) CEH
7 4 (2.68%) CISSP
7 4 (2.68%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.68%) GIAC
7 4 (2.68%) GREM
7 4 (2.68%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.01%) CCDA
8 3 (2.01%) CCDP
8 3 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.34%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.74%) QA
2 10 (6.71%) WCAG
3 8 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.68%) SLA
5 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
5 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.34%) ISO17020
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.67%) NCSC
6 1 (0.67%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (14.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.03%) Dovecot
3 6 (4.03%) Postfix
4 4 (2.68%) Docker
5 3 (2.01%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (8.72%) SCCM
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.36%) Terraform
4 3 (2.01%) Ansible
4 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.01%) QRadar
4 3 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.34%) Nessus
6 1 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.67%) CASB
6 1 (0.67%) EnCase
6 1 (0.67%) FTK
6 1 (0.67%) Grafana
6 1 (0.67%) Nmap
6 1 (0.67%) Packer
6 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.67%) Puppet
6 1 (0.67%) yum
Vendors
1 34 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.09%) Cisco
3 20 (13.42%) Zscaler
4 15 (10.07%) Palo Alto
5 13 (8.72%) Oracle
6 12 (8.05%) Citrix
7 8 (5.37%) Juniper
7 8 (5.37%) VMware
8 7 (4.70%) Red Hat
9 6 (4.03%) Broadcom
9 6 (4.03%) Fortinet
9 6 (4.03%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.36%) Aruba
10 5 (3.36%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.36%) Splunk
11 3 (2.01%) F5
11 3 (2.01%) Google
11 3 (2.01%) Okta
12 2 (1.34%) Avaya
12 2 (1.34%) NVIDIA