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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 324 324
Rank change year-on-year -102 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Internet 153 154 239
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.63% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.13% 4.62% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 92 121
10th Percentile £255 £265 £205
25th Percentile £404 £385 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +5.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £595
90th Percentile £651 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 44
10th Percentile £15.25 - £12.28
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £13.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -10.59% -7.61%
75th Percentile £33.56 £46.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £42.38 £58.75 £63.92
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% +20.72%

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 3,703 3,332 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.03% 13.60% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,379 2,051 3,201
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £375 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 114 376
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £14.08
25th Percentile £18.94 £21.46 £18.93
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +84.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% +71.05%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -52 70 £443 -11.50% 88
North of England -37 38 £550 +15.79% 82
North West -31 14 £602 +26.63% 33
Yorkshire -48 14 £550 -12.00% 41
Midlands -53 14 £413 -13.16% 32
South East -62 14 £413 -13.16% 70
West Midlands -50 12 £413 -17.13% 11
North East -2 10 - - 16
East of England -28 7 £450 -21.74% 37
South West -30 2 £400 -23.44% 29
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 (7.84%) IIS
2 3 (1.96%) Confluence
3 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.65%) Smallworld
Applications
1 17 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.88%) Chatbot
2 9 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.65%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.65%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (19.61%) Azure
2 14 (9.15%) Entra ID
3 12 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.19%) AWS
5 10 (6.54%) GCP
6 8 (5.23%) SaaS
7 6 (3.92%) GitHub
8 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.96%) Canva
9 3 (1.96%) IaaS
9 3 (1.96%) OCI
9 3 (1.96%) PaaS
9 3 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.31%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.65%) Figma
11 1 (0.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 31 (20.26%) Firewall
2 30 (19.61%) WAN
3 24 (15.69%) DNS
4 22 (14.38%) Network Security
5 21 (13.73%) SD-WAN
6 20 (13.07%) LAN
7 18 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (9.15%) TCP/IP
9 13 (8.50%) DHCP
9 13 (8.50%) MPLS
9 13 (8.50%) VPN
10 12 (7.84%) SSL
10 12 (7.84%) Wireless
11 8 (5.23%) BGP
12 7 (4.58%) OSPF
12 7 (4.58%) WLAN
13 6 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (3.27%) 5G
14 5 (3.27%) VLAN
15 4 (2.61%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.19%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.61%) MySQL
3 4 (2.61%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.61%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.61%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.65%) GIS
4 1 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 9 (5.88%) JIRA
2 6 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.61%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.65%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.65%) GCC
4 1 (0.65%) GitLab
4 1 (0.65%) MSI
4 1 (0.65%) NUnit
4 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 43 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.38%) Finance
3 17 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 16 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.46%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.50%) Banking
6 9 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.23%) Marketing
8 6 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.27%) Legal
10 3 (1.96%) Billing
10 3 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.31%) Local Government
12 1 (0.65%) Electronics
12 1 (0.65%) Law
12 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.65%) Military
12 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (11.76%) Network Engineer
1 18 (11.76%) Senior
2 17 (11.11%) Architect
3 14 (9.15%) Developer
4 11 (7.19%) C# Developer
4 11 (7.19%) Support Engineer
5 10 (6.54%) Sales Manager
6 9 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 8 (5.23%) IT Support
8 7 (4.58%) Applications Developer
8 7 (4.58%) C# Application Developer
8 7 (4.58%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.58%) Support Technician
9 6 (3.92%) Analyst
9 6 (3.92%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) Marketing Manager
10 5 (3.27%) 1st Line Engineer
10 5 (3.27%) 1st Line Technical Support
10 5 (3.27%) Junior Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.15%) .NET
2 13 (8.50%) .NET Framework
3 12 (7.84%) WPF
4 11 (7.19%) WinForms
5 4 (2.61%) NumPy
5 4 (2.61%) Pandas
5 4 (2.61%) TensorFlow
5 4 (2.61%) WCF
6 3 (1.96%) OAuth
6 3 (1.96%) OpenID
6 3 (1.96%) SAML
7 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
7 2 (1.31%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.31%) CSS
7 2 (1.31%) HTML
7 2 (1.31%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.31%) Software Packaging
7 2 (1.31%) Web Services
8 1 (0.65%) .NET Compact Framework
8 1 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.19%) Security Posture
3 9 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.23%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.92%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.92%) PKI
6 5 (3.27%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.27%) RIA
6 5 (3.27%) Social Media
6 5 (3.27%) W3C
7 4 (2.61%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.61%) Online Banking
7 4 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.96%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.34%) Windows
2 3 (1.96%) Linux
3 2 (1.31%) Android
3 2 (1.31%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Embedded Compact
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (13.73%) Agile
2 21 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (9.80%) User Experience
5 14 (9.15%) Cloud Security
6 13 (8.50%) Change Management
6 13 (8.50%) DevOps
7 12 (7.84%) AI
7 12 (7.84%) Project Management
7 12 (7.84%) Roadmaps
7 12 (7.84%) SIEM
7 12 (7.84%) Zero Trust
8 11 (7.19%) Data Analysis
8 11 (7.19%) ITIL
9 10 (6.54%) Affiliate Network
9 10 (6.54%) Information Security
9 10 (6.54%) Network Architecture
9 10 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.80%) SQL
2 14 (9.15%) C#
3 12 (7.84%) PL/SQL
3 12 (7.84%) T-SQL
4 11 (7.19%) Python
4 11 (7.19%) VB
4 11 (7.19%) VBA
5 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.31%) Bicep
8 1 (0.65%) C
8 1 (0.65%) C++
8 1 (0.65%) Java
8 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.65%) PHP
8 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.07%) Degree
4 12 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.88%) CCNP
6 8 (5.23%) CCIE
7 6 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.27%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.96%) CISSP
9 3 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.65%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.65%) CWDP
11 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.65%) OSCP
11 1 (0.65%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) QA
2 6 (3.92%) WCAG
3 5 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.96%) NCSC
5 2 (1.31%) GDPR
5 2 (1.31%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
5 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.31%) ISO17020
5 2 (1.31%) NIST
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.65%) Docker
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.65%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.23%) CASB
2 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.92%) Terraform
4 5 (3.27%) SCCM
4 5 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.96%) QRadar
6 2 (1.31%) Ansible
6 2 (1.31%) Nessus
7 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.65%) Grafana
7 1 (0.65%) logstash
7 1 (0.65%) Nmap
7 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.65%) Puppet
7 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.03%) Cisco
3 18 (11.76%) Zscaler
4 14 (9.15%) Citrix
4 14 (9.15%) Palo Alto
5 13 (8.50%) Aruba
5 13 (8.50%) Oracle
6 12 (7.84%) ServiceNow
7 10 (6.54%) Google
8 8 (5.23%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.92%) Juniper
9 6 (3.92%) Meraki
10 5 (3.27%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (3.27%) F5
11 4 (2.61%) Ekahau
11 4 (2.61%) Okta
11 4 (2.61%) VMware
12 3 (1.96%) BT
12 3 (1.96%) Salesforce