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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 299 302
Rank change year-on-year -110 +3 +33
Contract jobs citing Internet 139 182 262
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.69% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.06% 5.34% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 95 154
10th Percentile £385 £231 £205
25th Percentile £404 £385 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £598
90th Percentile £680 £688 £708
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £494
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.33% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 41
10th Percentile £15.25 £25.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £35.56 £16.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.35% +100.00% +6.57%
75th Percentile £16.50 £51.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £38.15 £64.75 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -62.35% +73.47% +29.42%

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 3,421 3,406 5,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.42% 12.98% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,239 1,953 3,288
10th Percentile £204 £214 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -6.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £677 £684 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 385
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.90 £20.41 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +140.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £76.02
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% -32.50% +142.69%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -65 60 £463 -11.90% 114
North of England -28 38 £538 +13.16% 75
North West -18 17 £625 +177.78% 34
Midlands -48 13 £418 -19.79% 44
West Midlands -33 11 £418 -30.15% 17
Yorkshire -53 11 £344 -42.71% 32
North East -4 10 - - 13
South East -36 9 £413 -17.50% 74
East of England -32 7 £450 -21.74% 46
South West -30 2 £400 -23.08% 33
East Midlands -26 1 - - 27
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 (7.91%) IIS
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.44%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.47%) Chatbot
3 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.58%) Azure
2 13 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (8.63%) Entra ID
4 10 (7.19%) AWS
5 9 (6.47%) GCP
6 7 (5.04%) SaaS
7 6 (4.32%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.60%) GitHub
9 3 (2.16%) OCI
10 2 (1.44%) Canva
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.72%) Figma
11 1 (0.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 1 (0.72%) IaaS
11 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (19.42%) Firewall
2 25 (17.99%) WAN
3 20 (14.39%) Network Security
4 18 (12.95%) DNS
4 18 (12.95%) LAN
4 18 (12.95%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (11.51%) TCP/IP
6 13 (9.35%) SD-WAN
7 12 (8.63%) VPN
8 10 (7.19%) Wireless
9 8 (5.76%) MPLS
10 6 (4.32%) BGP
10 6 (4.32%) Intranet
10 6 (4.32%) WLAN
11 5 (3.60%) Broadband
11 5 (3.60%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (3.60%) DHCP
11 5 (3.60%) OSPF
11 5 (3.60%) Unified Communications
12 4 (2.88%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.19%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.88%) MySQL
3 4 (2.88%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.88%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.72%) Tableau
4 1 (0.72%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.88%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) PyCharm
3 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.72%) GCC
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.72%) MSI
3 1 (0.72%) NUnit
3 1 (0.72%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.51%) Finance
3 14 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 13 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.35%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.47%) Banking
6 8 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.04%) Marketing
8 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.60%) Law
9 5 (3.60%) Legal
10 3 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Local Government
11 2 (1.44%) Military
12 1 (0.72%) Billing
12 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.72%) Publishing
12 1 (0.72%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 18 (12.95%) Architect
2 15 (10.79%) Senior
3 14 (10.07%) Developer
4 13 (9.35%) Network Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) Analyst
5 10 (7.19%) C# Developer
5 10 (7.19%) Sales Manager
5 10 (7.19%) Support Technician
6 8 (5.76%) Network Architect
7 6 (4.32%) C# WCF Developer
7 6 (4.32%) C# WPF Developer
7 6 (4.32%) WCF Developer
7 6 (4.32%) WPF Developer
8 5 (3.60%) 1st Line Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) 1st Line Technical Support
8 5 (3.60%) Junior Support Technician
8 5 (3.60%) Junior Technical Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Junior Technical Support
8 5 (3.60%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.07%) .NET
2 13 (9.35%) .NET Framework
3 11 (7.91%) WPF
4 10 (7.19%) WinForms
5 6 (4.32%) WCF
6 4 (2.88%) NumPy
6 4 (2.88%) Pandas
6 4 (2.88%) TensorFlow
7 3 (2.16%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.16%) CSS
7 3 (2.16%) HTML
7 3 (2.16%) OAuth
7 3 (2.16%) OpenID
7 3 (2.16%) SAML
8 2 (1.44%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.44%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.44%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.39%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.47%) Virtual Team
3 6 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.32%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.60%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.60%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.60%) PKI
4 5 (3.60%) RIA
4 5 (3.60%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (3.60%) W3C
5 4 (2.88%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.88%) Cybercrime
5 4 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.88%) Online Banking
5 4 (2.88%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.88%) Social Media
6 3 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.99%) Windows
2 4 (2.88%) Linux
3 2 (1.44%) Android
3 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.44%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.72%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.72%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.83%) Agile
2 20 (14.39%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (10.79%) User Experience
5 12 (8.63%) AI
5 12 (8.63%) Data Analysis
5 12 (8.63%) Migration
5 12 (8.63%) Zero Trust
6 11 (7.91%) Information Security
6 11 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (7.19%) Affiliate Network
7 10 (7.19%) Change Management
7 10 (7.19%) DevOps
7 10 (7.19%) SIEM
8 9 (6.47%) Computer Science
8 9 (6.47%) Conversational UI
8 9 (6.47%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.47%) Network Architecture
8 9 (6.47%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.79%) SQL
2 14 (10.07%) C#
3 12 (8.63%) Python
3 12 (8.63%) T-SQL
4 11 (7.91%) PL/SQL
5 10 (7.19%) VB
5 10 (7.19%) VBA
6 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.44%) Java
9 1 (0.72%) C
9 1 (0.72%) C++
9 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.72%) PHP
9 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (18.71%) Degree
2 24 (17.27%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.35%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.47%) CCNP
6 7 (5.04%) CCIE
7 5 (3.60%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.60%) OSCP
8 4 (2.88%) CEH
8 4 (2.88%) CISSP
8 4 (2.88%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.88%) GIAC
8 4 (2.88%) GREM
9 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.72%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.72%) CWSP
10 1 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.35%) QA
2 7 (5.04%) WCAG
3 5 (3.60%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
4 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.44%) ISO17020
4 2 (1.44%) NCSC
4 2 (1.44%) NIST
4 2 (1.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.72%) GRC
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (11.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.47%) SCCM
3 5 (3.60%) Terraform
4 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.16%) QRadar
4 3 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.44%) Ansible
5 2 (1.44%) Nessus
6 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.72%) CASB
6 1 (0.72%) EnCase
6 1 (0.72%) FTK
6 1 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.72%) logstash
6 1 (0.72%) Nmap
6 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.67%) Cisco
3 14 (10.07%) Palo Alto
3 14 (10.07%) Zscaler
4 12 (8.63%) Oracle
5 11 (7.91%) Citrix
6 9 (6.47%) Aruba
6 9 (6.47%) Google
7 8 (5.76%) ServiceNow
8 7 (5.04%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.60%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.60%) Juniper
9 5 (3.60%) Meraki
10 4 (2.88%) F5
10 4 (2.88%) Okta
11 3 (2.16%) BT
11 3 (2.16%) SAP
11 3 (2.16%) Splunk
11 3 (2.16%) VMware
12 2 (1.44%) Ericsson