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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 379 304
Rank change year-on-year -89 -75 -3
Contract jobs citing Internet 167 134 241
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.48% 0.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.86% 4.13% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 80 133
10th Percentile £286 £361 £255
25th Percentile £413 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -4.48% +6.00%
75th Percentile £588 £581 £588
90th Percentile £670 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +2.25% -5.66% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile £11.66 - £21.44
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.63 £16.00 £27.10
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -40.96% +27.53%
75th Percentile £23.75 £44.75 £45.00
90th Percentile £40.63 £47.45 £51.45
UK median hourly rate £17.63 £16.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +10.16% -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 4,325 3,244 3,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.29% 11.62% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,549 2,075 2,238
10th Percentile £261 £214 £240
25th Percentile £400 £356 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £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 393 170 148
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £17.23
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.32 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.14
90th Percentile £95.80 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £48.56
% change year-on-year -5.80% -28.95% -14.04%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -42 108 £500 - 415
North of England -61 19 £475 -5.00% 62
Midlands -46 16 £594 +34.45% 23
West Midlands -49 16 £594 +5.56% 14
South East -64 14 £550 +4.76% 49
Yorkshire -31 10 £479 -8.76% 20
North West -55 9 £399 -16.11% 39
South West -27 7 £575 +30.68% 29
East of England -23 3 £500 +11.11% 13
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 (6.59%) IIS
2 5 (2.99%) Confluence
3 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.40%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.80%) Apache
4 3 (1.80%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (1.80%) nginx
4 3 (1.80%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (1.80%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.80%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.80%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (1.80%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.80%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (1.20%) Eikon
2 1 (0.60%) Maximo
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.16%) Azure
2 29 (17.37%) AWS
3 23 (13.77%) GCP
4 17 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.39%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.39%) SaaS
6 7 (4.19%) GitHub
6 7 (4.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 7 (4.19%) OCI
7 6 (3.59%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.40%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (2.40%) Google App Engine
9 4 (2.40%) Google Compute Engine
9 4 (2.40%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (22.75%) Firewall
2 30 (17.96%) Network Security
3 27 (16.17%) VPN
4 25 (14.97%) DNS
5 22 (13.17%) TCP/IP
6 21 (12.57%) BGP
6 21 (12.57%) WAN
7 17 (10.18%) OSPF
8 15 (8.98%) LAN
9 14 (8.38%) HTTP
9 14 (8.38%) SD-WAN
9 14 (8.38%) Wireless
10 12 (7.19%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (5.99%) DHCP
11 10 (5.99%) Multicast
12 8 (4.79%) DMZ
12 8 (4.79%) MPLS
13 7 (4.19%) SSL
14 5 (2.99%) Broadband
14 5 (2.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.39%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.40%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.80%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.80%) GIS
4 3 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.20%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (1.20%) Parquet
5 2 (1.20%) Power BI
5 2 (1.20%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.20%) Trino
6 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.99%) JIRA
3 4 (2.40%) Artifactory
3 4 (2.40%) GitLab
4 3 (1.80%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.20%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.20%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.20%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (1.20%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.20%) Git
5 2 (1.20%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.20%) Xcode
6 1 (0.60%) Gatling
6 1 (0.60%) JUnit
6 1 (0.60%) Maven
6 1 (0.60%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.60%) Selenium
6 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 49 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.17%) Finance
3 12 (7.19%) Banking
4 10 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.19%) Retail
7 6 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.40%) Front Office
8 4 (2.40%) Italian Language
8 4 (2.40%) Marketing
8 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.80%) Legal
10 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.20%) Publishing
11 1 (0.60%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 25 (14.97%) Senior
2 23 (13.77%) Network Engineer
3 21 (12.57%) Support Engineer
4 18 (10.78%) Architect
5 15 (8.98%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (8.98%) Lead
6 14 (8.38%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 14 (8.38%) Security Engineer
7 13 (7.78%) Analyst
8 12 (7.19%) Developer
9 11 (6.59%) C# Developer
10 9 (5.39%) IT Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Junior
12 6 (3.59%) IT Support
12 6 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.59%) Network Security Engineer
12 6 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.59%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.59%) Technical Support
12 6 (3.59%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.17%) Terraform
2 16 (9.58%) pytest
3 14 (8.38%) .NET
4 11 (6.59%) .NET Framework
5 9 (5.39%) 802.1X
5 9 (5.39%) WinForms
5 9 (5.39%) WPF
6 6 (3.59%) REST
7 4 (2.40%) Node.js
8 3 (1.80%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.80%) Flask
8 3 (1.80%) Kafka
8 3 (1.80%) Middleware
8 3 (1.80%) RxJava
8 3 (1.80%) Vert.x
9 2 (1.20%) ADO.NET
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (1.20%) React
9 2 (1.20%) SAML
9 2 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.18%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.78%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.19%) IoT
3 7 (4.19%) Operational Technology
3 7 (4.19%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.59%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.99%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.40%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.40%) Social Media
7 3 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.80%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (20.96%) Windows
2 13 (7.78%) Linux
3 9 (5.39%) macOS
4 8 (4.79%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.19%) Android
6 5 (2.99%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.99%) Unix
7 3 (1.80%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.20%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.96%) CI/CD
2 33 (19.76%) AI
3 31 (18.56%) DevOps
4 28 (16.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (15.57%) Agile
6 25 (14.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 23 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (13.77%) Zero Trust
8 22 (13.17%) Generative AI
8 22 (13.17%) Validation
9 20 (11.98%) Software Engineering
10 19 (11.38%) LLM
10 19 (11.38%) Migration
10 19 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (10.78%) Machine Learning
12 17 (10.18%) Observability
13 16 (9.58%) Cloud Security
13 16 (9.58%) Design Patterns
13 16 (9.58%) High Availability
13 16 (9.58%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (25.15%) Python
2 20 (11.98%) SQL
3 14 (8.38%) JavaScript
3 14 (8.38%) PowerShell
4 13 (7.78%) C#
5 11 (6.59%) PL/SQL
6 9 (5.39%) T-SQL
6 9 (5.39%) VB
6 9 (5.39%) VBA
7 8 (4.79%) Java
8 5 (2.99%) Bash
9 4 (2.40%) Bicep
10 3 (1.80%) Groovy
10 3 (1.80%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.20%) C
11 2 (1.20%) Go
11 2 (1.20%) Perl
11 2 (1.20%) VBScript
12 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (12.57%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.98%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (8.98%) Degree
4 14 (8.38%) CISSP
5 13 (7.78%) CCNP
6 10 (5.99%) CCIE
7 9 (5.39%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.59%) CISM
10 5 (2.99%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.40%) CEH
11 4 (2.40%) OSCP
12 3 (1.80%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.80%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.80%) PMP
13 2 (1.20%) CCNA
13 2 (1.20%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.38%) QA
2 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.99%) NIST
2 5 (2.99%) SLA
3 3 (1.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.20%) GRC
4 2 (1.20%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.20%) PERC
4 2 (1.20%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (11.38%) Docker
2 17 (10.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.60%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (16.77%) Kubernetes
2 16 (9.58%) Ansible
3 9 (5.39%) SCCM
4 6 (3.59%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.99%) Grafana
6 3 (1.80%) CASB
6 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.20%) systemd
8 1 (0.60%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.60%) Control-M
8 1 (0.60%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.60%) Istio
8 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.60%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 39 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.77%) Cisco
3 21 (12.57%) Oracle
4 16 (9.58%) Zscaler
5 14 (8.38%) Citrix
6 13 (7.78%) Google
7 10 (5.99%) Bloomberg
8 9 (5.39%) Palo Alto
9 8 (4.79%) Fortinet
9 8 (4.79%) Reuters
9 8 (4.79%) Splunk
10 7 (4.19%) Apple
10 7 (4.19%) Aruba
10 7 (4.19%) IBM
11 6 (3.59%) F5
11 6 (3.59%) Samsung
12 5 (2.99%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.99%) Qualys
13 4 (2.40%) Ekahau
13 4 (2.40%) Netskope