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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 371 329
Rank change year-on-year -90 -42 -22
Contract jobs citing Internet 164 142 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.51% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 4.17% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 89 120
10th Percentile £225 £329 £218
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £585 £625
90th Percentile £670 £653 £775
UK median daily rate £524 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +11.73% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 20
10th Percentile £11.80 - £18.05
25th Percentile £14.85 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.88 £14.20 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.88% -40.34% +25.26%
75th Percentile £29.16 £44.75 £37.19
90th Percentile £42.38 £49.25 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £17.88 £14.20 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.88% -36.89% +18.42%

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 4,303 3,404 4,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.25% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,605 2,100 2,576
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £401 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £503
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.24% +0.65%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 170 279
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -49 97 £500 +6.67% 90
North of England -62 24 £488 -2.50% 76
Midlands -45 20 £413 -6.59% 41
West Midlands -50 19 £413 -13.16% 22
South East -70 18 £505 -3.81% 68
Yorkshire -26 12 £525 - 29
North West -40 12 £401 -15.58% 38
South West -39 4 £175 -60.23% 21
East of England -19 3 £535 +29.70% 23
North East - 2 - - 9
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 (7.32%) IIS
2 3 (1.83%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.61%) Smallworld
3 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.61%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.61%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.61%) Eikon
1 1 (0.61%) Maximo
1 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (23.17%) Azure
2 24 (14.63%) AWS
3 19 (11.59%) GCP
4 13 (7.93%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.49%) SaaS
7 7 (4.27%) GitHub
7 7 (4.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 7 (4.27%) IaaS
8 6 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.66%) PaaS
9 5 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.44%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (2.44%) Google App Engine
10 4 (2.44%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (1.83%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.83%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.22%) AWS IoT
12 2 (1.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.73%) Firewall
2 29 (17.68%) Network Security
2 29 (17.68%) WAN
3 25 (15.24%) DNS
4 24 (14.63%) SD-WAN
5 23 (14.02%) VPN
6 20 (12.20%) LAN
7 17 (10.37%) SSL
8 16 (9.76%) TCP/IP
8 16 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (9.76%) Wireless
9 15 (9.15%) BGP
10 14 (8.54%) DHCP
11 13 (7.93%) MPLS
11 13 (7.93%) OSPF
12 9 (5.49%) 5G
13 7 (4.27%) WLAN
14 6 (3.66%) HTTP
15 5 (3.05%) VLAN
16 4 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.10%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.44%) GIS
4 3 (1.83%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.83%) Power BI
5 2 (1.22%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (7.32%) JIRA
2 4 (2.44%) Artifactory
2 4 (2.44%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.83%) GitLab
3 3 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.22%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.61%) Gatling
5 1 (0.61%) Git
5 1 (0.61%) Maven
5 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.41%) Finance
3 14 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.71%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.27%) Banking
5 7 (4.27%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.05%) Retail
7 4 (2.44%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.83%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.83%) Front Office
8 3 (1.83%) Legal
9 2 (1.22%) Billing
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Law
9 2 (1.22%) Military
9 2 (1.22%) Publishing
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (17.07%) Network Engineer
2 25 (15.24%) Senior
3 21 (12.80%) Support Engineer
4 14 (8.54%) Architect
4 14 (8.54%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 14 (8.54%) Security Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Analyst
5 12 (7.32%) C# Developer
5 12 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Developer
5 12 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 10 (6.10%) Lead
7 9 (5.49%) IT Support
7 9 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Junior
9 6 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
9 6 (3.66%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (3.66%) Technical Support
9 6 (3.66%) Technical Support Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.54%) .NET
1 14 (8.54%) pytest
2 12 (7.32%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.10%) 802.1X
3 10 (6.10%) WinForms
3 10 (6.10%) WPF
4 4 (2.44%) SAML
5 3 (1.83%) Kafka
5 3 (1.83%) RxJava
5 3 (1.83%) Vert.x
5 3 (1.83%) Web Services
6 2 (1.22%) ADO.NET
6 2 (1.22%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (1.22%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.22%) REST
6 2 (1.22%) SOAP
6 2 (1.22%) XML
6 2 (1.22%) XSL
6 2 (1.22%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.71%) Security Posture
2 10 (6.10%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.27%) IoT
5 6 (3.66%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.66%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.44%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.22%) CMDB
9 2 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.22%) PKI
9 2 (1.22%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (23.78%) Windows
2 13 (7.93%) Mac OS
3 9 (5.49%) Linux
4 8 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.05%) Android
5 5 (3.05%) Unix
6 4 (2.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.83%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.22%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.51%) DevOps
2 30 (18.29%) CI/CD
3 29 (17.68%) AI
4 23 (14.02%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (13.41%) Cloud Security
5 22 (13.41%) Validation
6 21 (12.80%) Agile
6 21 (12.80%) Generative AI
7 20 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (12.20%) ITIL
8 19 (11.59%) Software Engineering
9 17 (10.37%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.37%) Zero Trust
10 16 (9.76%) LLM
10 16 (9.76%) Machine Learning
10 16 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (9.76%) Unit Testing
11 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (8.54%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.29%) Python
2 20 (12.20%) SQL
3 13 (7.93%) C#
3 13 (7.93%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.32%) PL/SQL
5 10 (6.10%) T-SQL
5 10 (6.10%) VB
5 10 (6.10%) VBA
6 8 (4.88%) Java
6 8 (4.88%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.44%) Bicep
8 3 (1.83%) Bash
8 3 (1.83%) C
8 3 (1.83%) Groovy
9 2 (1.22%) C++
9 2 (1.22%) Perl
9 2 (1.22%) VBScript
10 1 (0.61%) Scala
10 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 25 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.98%) Degree
4 17 (10.37%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (9.15%) CCNP
6 13 (7.93%) CCIE
7 10 (6.10%) CISSP
8 8 (4.88%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.66%) CISM
9 6 (3.66%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.44%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.44%) CEH
10 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.44%) OSCP
10 4 (2.44%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.83%) CCIE Wireless
11 3 (1.83%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.83%) CWDP
11 3 (1.83%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.37%) QA
2 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.44%) NIST
3 3 (1.83%) NCSC
3 3 (1.83%) SLA
4 2 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.22%) GRC
4 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.22%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (12.80%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.76%) Docker
3 2 (1.22%) Firmware
3 2 (1.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.61%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.61%) Squid
4 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (15.85%) Kubernetes
2 18 (10.98%) Terraform
3 10 (6.10%) Ansible
4 8 (4.88%) CASB
5 6 (3.66%) FortiGate
5 6 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.05%) SCCM
7 4 (2.44%) Grafana
8 2 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.61%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.61%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.61%) Istio
9 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (18.90%) Cisco
2 30 (18.29%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.41%) Zscaler
4 17 (10.37%) Citrix
5 12 (7.32%) Oracle
6 11 (6.71%) Aruba
6 11 (6.71%) Google
6 11 (6.71%) ServiceNow
7 10 (6.10%) Splunk
8 8 (4.88%) F5
8 8 (4.88%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.27%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (4.27%) Ekahau
10 6 (3.66%) Apple
10 6 (3.66%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.05%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.05%) Samsung
12 4 (2.44%) Netskope
13 3 (1.83%) Arista
13 3 (1.83%) CyberArk