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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 368 325
Rank change year-on-year -91 -43 -20
Contract jobs citing Internet 157 121 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.48% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.83% 3.76% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 73 132
10th Percentile £225 £265 £250
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £494
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -13.92% -3.19%
75th Percentile £594 £585 £620
90th Percentile £670 £653 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £408 £488
% change year-on-year +22.70% -16.41% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 36
10th Percentile £14.85 - £12.64
25th Percentile £17.63 - £13.81
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -34.71% -3.33%
75th Percentile £36.50 £44.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £42.38 £49.75 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £23.65
% change year-on-year +26.76% -39.96% +5.11%

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 4,097 3,215 4,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.75% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,539 1,985 2,865
10th Percentile £250 £231 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 136 395
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.96 £39.66 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -13.56% +141.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £44.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.64% -2.22% +136.84%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -40 91 £475 +16.56% 86
North of England -48 28 £513 +7.89% 50
Midlands -55 17 £406 -6.67% 25
South East -69 16 £468 +16.88% 58
West Midlands -50 15 £406 +23.11% 11
North West -39 12 £401 -15.58% 23
Yorkshire -38 11 £550 +4.76% 22
North East - 7 - - 9
South West -31 4 £175 -60.23% 19
East of England -30 2 - - 18
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 (7.64%) IIS
2 3 (1.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.64%) Smallworld
3 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.64%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.64%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.57%) Azure
2 21 (13.38%) AWS
3 14 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.28%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.01%) GCP
6 9 (5.73%) SaaS
7 8 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.46%) GitHub
8 7 (4.46%) IaaS
9 6 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.82%) PaaS
10 5 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.91%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.91%) Canva
11 3 (1.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.27%) AWS IoT
12 2 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 34 (21.66%) Firewall
2 30 (19.11%) Network Security
3 29 (18.47%) WAN
4 26 (16.56%) DNS
5 25 (15.92%) SD-WAN
6 22 (14.01%) VPN
7 19 (12.10%) LAN
8 18 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (10.83%) DHCP
10 15 (9.55%) BGP
10 15 (9.55%) SSL
10 15 (9.55%) Wireless
11 14 (8.92%) TCP/IP
12 13 (8.28%) MPLS
12 13 (8.28%) OSPF
13 9 (5.73%) 5G
14 7 (4.46%) WLAN
15 5 (3.18%) HTTP
15 5 (3.18%) VLAN
16 4 (2.55%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.37%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.91%) Couchbase
3 3 (1.91%) GIS
3 3 (1.91%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.91%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (7.01%) JIRA
2 4 (2.55%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.91%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.91%) GitLab
3 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.27%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.27%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.64%) Gatling
5 1 (0.64%) Git
5 1 (0.64%) Maven
5 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
General
1 40 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.38%) Finance
3 19 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.28%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.64%) Banking
6 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.82%) Marketing
8 4 (2.55%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.55%) Legal
8 4 (2.55%) Retail
9 3 (1.91%) Billing
9 3 (1.91%) Front Office
10 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Law
10 2 (1.27%) Military
10 2 (1.27%) Publishing
11 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (18.47%) Network Engineer
2 20 (12.74%) Senior
3 16 (10.19%) Support Engineer
4 13 (8.28%) Developer
4 13 (8.28%) Security Engineer
5 12 (7.64%) Architect
5 12 (7.64%) C# Developer
6 9 (5.73%) Analyst
6 9 (5.73%) IT Engineer
6 9 (5.73%) IT Support
6 9 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (5.10%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) Junior
8 7 (4.46%) Lead
8 7 (4.46%) Network Security Engineer
9 6 (3.82%) Applications Developer
9 6 (3.82%) C# Application Developer
9 6 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (3.82%) Technical Support
9 6 (3.82%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.92%) .NET
2 12 (7.64%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.37%) WinForms
3 10 (6.37%) WPF
4 9 (5.73%) 802.1X
5 8 (5.10%) pytest
6 4 (2.55%) Kafka
6 4 (2.55%) Web Services
7 3 (1.91%) RxJava
7 3 (1.91%) SAML
7 3 (1.91%) Vert.x
8 2 (1.27%) Ajax
8 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (1.27%) JSON
8 2 (1.27%) SOAP
8 2 (1.27%) XML
8 2 (1.27%) XSL
8 2 (1.27%) XSLT
8 2 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.01%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.46%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.46%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.18%) IoT
6 5 (3.18%) Social Media
7 4 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.91%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.91%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.91%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.27%) CMDB
9 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.27%) PKI
9 2 (1.27%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.29%) Windows
2 9 (5.73%) Linux
2 9 (5.73%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.82%) Android
4 5 (3.18%) Unix
4 5 (3.18%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.55%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.91%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.27%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.29%) DevOps
2 22 (14.01%) Agile
2 22 (14.01%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (12.74%) CI/CD
4 18 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.83%) Zero Trust
6 16 (10.19%) Cloud Security
6 16 (10.19%) Validation
7 15 (9.55%) SIEM
8 14 (8.92%) AI
8 14 (8.92%) ITIL
9 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (8.28%) Roadmaps
9 13 (8.28%) Software Engineering
9 13 (8.28%) User Experience
10 12 (7.64%) Change Management
10 12 (7.64%) Observability
11 11 (7.01%) Generative AI
12 10 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.01%) Python
2 19 (12.10%) SQL
3 13 (8.28%) C#
3 13 (8.28%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.64%) PL/SQL
5 10 (6.37%) T-SQL
5 10 (6.37%) VB
5 10 (6.37%) VBA
6 8 (5.10%) Java
7 5 (3.18%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.55%) Bicep
9 3 (1.91%) Bash
9 3 (1.91%) C
9 3 (1.91%) Groovy
10 2 (1.27%) C++
10 2 (1.27%) Perl
10 2 (1.27%) VBScript
11 1 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (8.92%) CCIE
4 14 (8.92%) CCNP
5 13 (8.28%) Degree
6 6 (3.82%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.82%) CISSP
7 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.91%) CCIE Wireless
8 3 (1.91%) CCNA
8 3 (1.91%) CWDP
8 3 (1.91%) CWNA
8 3 (1.91%) CWNE
8 3 (1.91%) CWSP
8 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.27%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.92%) QA
2 4 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.91%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) GRC
4 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.27%) NCSC
4 2 (1.27%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (12.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.73%) Docker
3 5 (3.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.27%) Firmware
4 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.64%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.64%) Squid
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (9.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.92%) Terraform
3 10 (6.37%) Ansible
4 8 (5.10%) CASB
5 6 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.18%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.18%) SCCM
7 3 (1.91%) Grafana
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.64%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.64%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.64%) Istio
9 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.64%) logstash
9 1 (0.64%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (19.75%) Cisco
2 29 (18.47%) Microsoft
3 21 (13.38%) Zscaler
4 17 (10.83%) Citrix
5 14 (8.92%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.64%) Aruba
6 12 (7.64%) Oracle
7 9 (5.73%) F5
7 9 (5.73%) Fortinet
7 9 (5.73%) Splunk
8 7 (4.46%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (4.46%) Ekahau
8 7 (4.46%) Google
8 7 (4.46%) Palo Alto
9 6 (3.82%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.55%) Apple
10 4 (2.55%) Juniper
10 4 (2.55%) Netskope
11 3 (1.91%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.91%) Broadcom