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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 386 298
Rank change year-on-year -88 -88 +14
Contract jobs citing Internet 161 133 239
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.48% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.73% 4.04% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 79 134
10th Percentile £278 £360 £250
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £585
90th Percentile £650 £653 £710
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 13
10th Percentile £11.46 - £21.62
25th Percentile £14.15 £15.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -46.67% +41.18%
75th Percentile £23.75 £44.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £42.50 £47.45 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +9.38% -32.77% +12.00%

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 4,322 3,290 3,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.77% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,092 2,231
10th Percentile £258 £219 £243
25th Percentile £400 £360 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 172 162
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.81 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.43
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -39.05% +1.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £66.52
90th Percentile £92.52 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.16% -17.55% -11.49%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -46 104 £500 -1.23% 634
North of England -70 19 £475 - 112
Midlands -48 16 £594 +18.27% 54
West Midlands -48 16 £594 +3.85% 29
South East -64 13 £550 +4.76% 105
Yorkshire -28 11 £479 -1.74% 45
North West -47 8 £399 -16.11% 59
South West -37 7 £575 +30.68% 58
East of England -22 4 £493 +9.44% 28
North East - 2 - - 10
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 12 (7.45%) IIS
2 5 (3.11%) Confluence
3 3 (1.86%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.24%) Apache
4 2 (1.24%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.24%) nginx
4 2 (1.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.24%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.24%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.24%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (1.24%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.24%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 14 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (1.24%) Eikon
2 1 (0.62%) Maximo
2 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.98%) Azure
2 28 (17.39%) AWS
3 20 (12.42%) GCP
4 11 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.35%) GitHub
6 7 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 7 (4.35%) SaaS
7 6 (3.73%) IaaS
8 5 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.48%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (2.48%) Google App Engine
9 4 (2.48%) Google Compute Engine
9 4 (2.48%) PaaS
10 3 (1.86%) Akamai
10 3 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.36%) Firewall
2 29 (18.01%) Network Security
3 24 (14.91%) VPN
4 21 (13.04%) DNS
5 20 (12.42%) TCP/IP
6 19 (11.80%) WAN
7 14 (8.70%) BGP
7 14 (8.70%) LAN
7 14 (8.70%) Wireless
8 13 (8.07%) SD-WAN
8 13 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (7.45%) HTTP
10 11 (6.83%) OSPF
11 10 (6.21%) DHCP
12 7 (4.35%) MPLS
12 7 (4.35%) SSL
13 6 (3.73%) 5G
14 5 (3.11%) DMZ
14 5 (3.11%) Multicast
14 5 (3.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.21%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.48%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.86%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.86%) GIS
4 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.24%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (1.24%) Parquet
5 2 (1.24%) Power BI
5 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.24%) Trino
6 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.48%) Artifactory
2 4 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.86%) GitLab
4 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.24%) Git
4 2 (1.24%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.62%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.62%) Gatling
5 1 (0.62%) JUnit
5 1 (0.62%) Maven
5 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.62%) Selenium
5 1 (0.62%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.66%) Finance
3 9 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.59%) Banking
4 7 (4.35%) Retail
4 7 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.73%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.48%) Front Office
6 4 (2.48%) Italian Language
6 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.86%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.24%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.24%) Marketing
8 2 (1.24%) Publishing
9 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Games
9 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (14.91%) Network Engineer
2 23 (14.29%) Senior
3 20 (12.42%) Support Engineer
4 16 (9.94%) Architect
5 14 (8.70%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 14 (8.70%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Developer
7 12 (7.45%) C# Developer
8 11 (6.83%) Analyst
9 10 (6.21%) Lead
10 9 (5.59%) IT Engineer
11 7 (4.35%) Junior
12 6 (3.73%) IT Support
12 6 (3.73%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) Network Security Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.73%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) Technical Support
12 6 (3.73%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.42%) Terraform
2 15 (9.32%) .NET
2 15 (9.32%) pytest
3 12 (7.45%) .NET Framework
4 10 (6.21%) 802.1X
4 10 (6.21%) WinForms
4 10 (6.21%) WPF
5 6 (3.73%) REST
6 3 (1.86%) FastAPI
6 3 (1.86%) Flask
6 3 (1.86%) Kafka
6 3 (1.86%) Node.js
6 3 (1.86%) RxJava
6 3 (1.86%) Vert.x
7 2 (1.24%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 2 (1.24%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (1.24%) Middleware
7 2 (1.24%) React
7 2 (1.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.07%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.83%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.97%) IoT
4 7 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 7 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.73%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.11%) AI Agents
6 5 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.48%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.86%) Social Media
9 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.24%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.22%) Windows
2 14 (8.70%) Linux
3 12 (7.45%) Mac OS
4 8 (4.97%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.35%) Android
6 5 (3.11%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.11%) Unix
7 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.24%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.50%) AI
1 33 (20.50%) CI/CD
2 29 (18.01%) DevOps
3 25 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (14.91%) Agile
5 22 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (13.66%) Generative AI
5 22 (13.66%) Validation
6 21 (13.04%) Software Engineering
7 20 (12.42%) Zero Trust
8 19 (11.80%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (11.80%) LLM
8 19 (11.80%) Migration
9 18 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (11.18%) Machine Learning
10 16 (9.94%) Cloud Security
10 16 (9.94%) Design Patterns
10 16 (9.94%) Observability
10 16 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (9.94%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.74%) Python
2 21 (13.04%) SQL
3 14 (8.70%) C#
4 13 (8.07%) PowerShell
5 12 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 12 (7.45%) PL/SQL
6 10 (6.21%) Java
6 10 (6.21%) T-SQL
6 10 (6.21%) VB
6 10 (6.21%) VBA
7 4 (2.48%) Bash
7 4 (2.48%) C
8 3 (1.86%) Bicep
8 3 (1.86%) Groovy
8 3 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.24%) C++
9 2 (1.24%) Perl
9 2 (1.24%) VBScript
10 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.94%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.94%) Degree
4 14 (8.70%) CCNP
5 13 (8.07%) CISSP
6 11 (6.83%) CCIE
7 9 (5.59%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.73%) CISM
8 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.11%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.11%) OSCP
10 4 (2.48%) CEH
11 3 (1.86%) CWDP
11 3 (1.86%) CWNA
11 3 (1.86%) CWNE
11 3 (1.86%) CWSP
11 3 (1.86%) GPEN
11 3 (1.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.18%) QA
2 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.11%) NIST
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.24%) GRC
4 2 (1.24%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) NCSC
5 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (11.80%) Docker
2 16 (9.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.24%) Firmware
3 2 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.62%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.83%) Ansible
3 8 (4.97%) SCCM
4 6 (3.73%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.11%) Grafana
6 3 (1.86%) CASB
6 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.24%) systemd
8 1 (0.62%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.62%) Control-M
8 1 (0.62%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.62%) Istio
8 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.62%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 33 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.53%) Cisco
3 16 (9.94%) Oracle
3 16 (9.94%) Zscaler
4 15 (9.32%) Citrix
5 11 (6.83%) Google
6 8 (4.97%) Fortinet
6 8 (4.97%) Palo Alto
6 8 (4.97%) Splunk
7 7 (4.35%) Apple
7 7 (4.35%) Aruba
8 6 (3.73%) F5
8 6 (3.73%) IBM
8 6 (3.73%) Samsung
9 5 (3.11%) Bloomberg
9 5 (3.11%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.11%) Ekahau
9 5 (3.11%) Qualys
10 4 (2.48%) Netskope
11 3 (1.86%) Blue Coat