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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 391 308
Rank change year-on-year -92 -83 -9
Contract jobs citing Internet 161 129 224
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.46% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% 3.92% 5.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 77 126
10th Percentile £271 £317 £222
25th Percentile £404 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £582 £617
90th Percentile £657 £653 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
10th Percentile £11.46 - £20.73
25th Percentile £13.45 £14.20 £23.28
Median hourly rate £14.85 £16.00 £27.10
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% -40.96% +27.53%
75th Percentile £17.88 £44.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £46.55 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £14.85 £16.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -7.19% -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 4,350 3,291 3,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.35% 11.83% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,576 2,064 2,323
10th Percentile £254 £227 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -3.94% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 165 215
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.28 £14.82
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.00 £23.45
Median hourly rate £43.50 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.63 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -43 106 £500 +5.26% 552
North of England -72 19 £455 -4.21% 114
Midlands -50 17 £481 +8.98% 55
West Midlands -48 16 £481 -14.44% 30
South East -64 12 £550 +4.76% 113
North West -59 10 £401 -15.58% 62
Yorkshire -34 9 £475 -2.56% 45
South West -31 5 £388 -11.93% 44
East of England -23 3 £535 +33.75% 28
North East - 2 - - 8
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 14 (8.70%) IIS
2 5 (3.11%) Confluence
3 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (9.94%) 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
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.98%) Azure
2 26 (16.15%) AWS
3 19 (11.80%) GCP
4 10 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (3.73%) GitHub
7 6 (3.73%) IaaS
7 6 (3.73%) SaaS
8 5 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
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%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.86%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 37 (22.98%) Firewall
2 31 (19.25%) Network Security
3 23 (14.29%) WAN
4 22 (13.66%) VPN
5 19 (11.80%) DNS
6 17 (10.56%) TCP/IP
7 16 (9.94%) SD-WAN
8 15 (9.32%) BGP
8 15 (9.32%) LAN
8 15 (9.32%) Wireless
9 14 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (7.45%) OSPF
11 10 (6.21%) DHCP
11 10 (6.21%) HTTP
11 10 (6.21%) MPLS
12 9 (5.59%) 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 15 (9.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.45%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.86%) Couchbase
3 3 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (1.86%) GIS
3 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.24%) Power BI
4 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.62%) Parquet
5 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.62%) Trino
Development Applications
1 10 (6.21%) JIRA
2 4 (2.48%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.86%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.86%) GitLab
3 3 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.24%) Git
4 2 (1.24%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.62%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
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 42 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.04%) Finance
3 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.59%) Banking
5 7 (4.35%) Retail
5 7 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.48%) Front Office
6 4 (2.48%) Italian Language
6 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.86%) Financial Institution
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%) Military
8 2 (1.24%) Publishing
9 1 (0.62%) Games
9 1 (0.62%) Norwegian Language
9 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (17.39%) Network Engineer
2 22 (13.66%) Senior
3 19 (11.80%) Support Engineer
4 16 (9.94%) Security Engineer
5 15 (9.32%) Developer
6 14 (8.70%) C# Developer
6 14 (8.70%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Architect
8 12 (7.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (6.83%) Analyst
9 11 (6.83%) Lead
10 10 (6.21%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Network Security Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) IT Support
12 7 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Junior
13 6 (3.73%) Technical Engineer
13 6 (3.73%) Technical Support
13 6 (3.73%) Technical Support Engineer
14 5 (3.11%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.56%) .NET
1 17 (10.56%) Terraform
2 14 (8.70%) .NET Framework
2 14 (8.70%) pytest
3 12 (7.45%) WinForms
3 12 (7.45%) WPF
4 8 (4.97%) 802.1X
5 6 (3.73%) REST
6 4 (2.48%) SAML
7 3 (1.86%) Kafka
7 3 (1.86%) RxJava
7 3 (1.86%) Vert.x
8 2 (1.24%) ADO.NET
8 2 (1.24%) Ajax
8 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (1.24%) FastAPI
8 2 (1.24%) Flask
8 2 (1.24%) JSON
8 2 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.97%) IoT
2 8 (4.97%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.73%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.11%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.48%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.24%) CMDB
8 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.24%) Social Media
8 2 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.62%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.22%) Windows
2 14 (8.70%) Mac OS
3 11 (6.83%) Linux
4 8 (4.97%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.11%) Android
5 5 (3.11%) Unix
6 4 (2.48%) Apple iOS
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 32 (19.88%) AI
2 30 (18.63%) CI/CD
3 28 (17.39%) DevOps
4 22 (13.66%) Generative AI
4 22 (13.66%) Validation
5 21 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (12.42%) Agile
6 20 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (12.42%) Software Engineering
7 19 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (11.18%) LLM
8 18 (11.18%) Zero Trust
9 17 (10.56%) Machine Learning
10 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (9.94%) Migration
10 16 (9.94%) Unit Testing
11 15 (9.32%) Cloud Security
11 15 (9.32%) Design Patterns
11 15 (9.32%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.50%) Python
2 22 (13.66%) SQL
3 16 (9.94%) C#
4 14 (8.70%) PL/SQL
5 12 (7.45%) PowerShell
5 12 (7.45%) T-SQL
5 12 (7.45%) VB
5 12 (7.45%) VBA
6 11 (6.83%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.59%) Java
8 4 (2.48%) C
9 3 (1.86%) Bash
9 3 (1.86%) Groovy
10 2 (1.24%) Bicep
10 2 (1.24%) C++
10 2 (1.24%) Perl
10 2 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.24%) VBScript
11 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.80%) Degree
3 17 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 16 (9.94%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (8.70%) CCNP
6 11 (6.83%) CCIE
7 10 (6.21%) CISSP
8 7 (4.35%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.73%) CISM
10 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.11%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.11%) OSCP
11 4 (2.48%) CCNA
11 4 (2.48%) CEH
12 3 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.86%) CREST Certified
12 3 (1.86%) GPEN
12 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.86%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.42%) QA
2 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.11%) NIST
3 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.24%) GRC
3 2 (1.24%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.24%) NCSC
3 2 (1.24%) SLA
3 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (10.56%) Active Directory
1 17 (10.56%) Docker
2 2 (1.24%) Firmware
2 2 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.62%) Squid
3 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (16.77%) Kubernetes
2 12 (7.45%) Ansible
3 6 (3.73%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.73%) SCCM
4 5 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.48%) Grafana
6 2 (1.24%) CASB
6 2 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.62%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.62%) Control-M
7 1 (0.62%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.62%) Istio
7 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.62%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.62%) systemd
Vendors
1 29 (18.01%) Cisco
1 29 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.80%) Citrix
3 18 (11.18%) Zscaler
4 15 (9.32%) Oracle
5 10 (6.21%) Google
5 10 (6.21%) Splunk
6 8 (4.97%) Aruba
7 7 (4.35%) Apple
7 7 (4.35%) F5
7 7 (4.35%) Fortinet
7 7 (4.35%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.73%) Samsung
8 6 (3.73%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.11%) Bloomberg
9 5 (3.11%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.11%) Ekahau
9 5 (3.11%) Qualys
10 4 (2.48%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.48%) IBM