Internet Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Internet UK / England
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	171	161	144
Rank change year-on-year	-10	-17
Contract jobs citing Internet	634	796	862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.47%	1.63%	1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	10.70%	10.28%	11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	335	501	504
Median daily rate	£400	£408	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.84%	+1.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£228	£218	£216
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£600	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	-	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	66	41	47
Median hourly rate	£19.00	£19.61	£16.16
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-3.11%	+21.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£11.00	£10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.75	£29.00	£26.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.25	£24.25	£16.16
% change year-on-year	-28.86%	+50.06%

Internet is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Contract Communications & Computer Network Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	5923	7740	7498
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	13.72%	15.88%	14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	3516	4793	4296
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£360
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£220	£240	£220
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£365	£340
% change year-on-year	+2.73%	+7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	354	352	438
Median hourly rate	£24.86	£28.00	£22.83
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.21%	+22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.50	£13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.83	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.00	£31.50	£25.00
% change year-on-year	-7.93%	+26.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Internet as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Internet in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Internet in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Internet in England over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Internet in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Internet in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Internet in England over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Internet in England

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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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-60	224	£450	-3.48%	113
South East	-14	129	£375	-	65
South West	-2	63	£385	+10.00%	23
East of England	+16	57	£320	-1.53%	40
North West	+27	49	£400	+3.22%	37
Yorkshire	+26	49	£410	+2.50%	16
East Midlands	-6	22	£480	-10.69%	12
West Midlands	+16	17	£400	-	28
North East	+46	13	£470	+22.07%
Midlands	+17	7	£350	-39.13%	40
Internet UK

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Internet also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Internet.

1	362 (28.35%)	Agile Software Development
2	288 (22.55%)	Windows
3	247 (19.34%)	Microsoft
4	237 (18.56%)	Firewall
5	235 (18.40%)	Java
6	222 (17.38%)	Finance
7	200 (15.66%)	SQL
8	196 (15.35%)	HTML
9	183 (14.33%)	JavaScript
10	172 (13.47%)	Linux
11	166 (13.00%)	Degree
12	159 (12.45%)	Web Services
13	147 (11.51%)	CSS
14	146 (11.43%)	Test Automation
15	140 (10.96%)	Cisco

16	129 (10.10%)	Banking
17	126 (9.87%)	Active Directory
18	125 (9.79%)	Security Cleared
19	122 (9.55%)	DNS
20	115 (9.01%)	VPN
21	113 (8.85%)	SQL Server
21	113 (8.85%)	E-Commerce
22	112 (8.77%)	LAN
23	111 (8.69%)	Python
24	108 (8.46%)	WAN
24	108 (8.46%)	Unix
25	107 (8.38%)	TCP/IP
26	104 (8.14%)	Oracle
27	103 (8.07%)	ITIL
28	102 (7.99%)	Project Management

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Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	76 (5.95%)	IIS
1	76 (5.95%)	SharePoint
2	67 (5.25%)	CMS
3	54 (4.23%)	Apache
4	35 (2.74%)	MS Exchange
5	29 (2.27%)	JBoss
6	27 (2.11%)	WebSphere
7	22 (1.72%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	22 (1.72%)	Tomcat
8	21 (1.64%)	SharePoint Server
8	21 (1.64%)	WebSphere Application Server
9	19 (1.49%)	WebLogic
10	18 (1.41%)	Elasticsearch
10	18 (1.41%)	nginx
11	17 (1.33%)	Skype for Business
12	16 (1.25%)	Confluence
13	14 (1.10%)	Exchange Server 2013
14	13 (1.02%)	Apache Spark
14	13 (1.02%)	Sitecore CMS
15	12 (0.94%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server

Applications
1	84 (6.58%)	Microsoft Office
2	31 (2.43%)	Microsoft Excel
3	11 (0.86%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	11 (0.86%)	MS Visio
4	8 (0.63%)	OmniGraffle
5	7 (0.55%)	Spreadsheet
6	5 (0.39%)	Adobe Illustrator
7	4 (0.31%)	Microsoft Project
7	4 (0.31%)	MicroStation
8	2 (0.16%)	SPSS
9	1 (0.078%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	1 (0.078%)	InfoPath
9	1 (0.078%)	Mingle
9	1 (0.078%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	28 (2.19%)	Dynamics CRM
2	9 (0.70%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	6 (0.47%)	SAP WM
3	6 (0.47%)	Temenos T24
4	4 (0.31%)	Magento
5	2 (0.16%)	Changepoint
5	2 (0.16%)	Dynamics GP
5	2 (0.16%)	FRx
5	2 (0.16%)	Scribe Insight
6	1 (0.078%)	Adobe Campaign
6	1 (0.078%)	BusinessWorks
6	1 (0.078%)	Oracle Assets
6	1 (0.078%)	Oracle BPM
6	1 (0.078%)	Oracle EBS
6	1 (0.078%)	Remedy ITSM
6	1 (0.078%)	Staffware
6	1 (0.078%)	Workfront

Cloud Services
1	86 (6.73%)	Amazon AWS
2	46 (3.60%)	Office 365
3	44 (3.45%)	Microsoft Azure
4	36 (2.82%)	SaaS
5	30 (2.35%)	Cloud Computing
6	27 (2.11%)	IaaS
7	26 (2.04%)	PaaS
8	16 (1.25%)	OpenShift
9	11 (0.86%)	OneDrive
10	10 (0.78%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
10	10 (0.78%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
11	9 (0.70%)	AWS CloudFormation
11	9 (0.70%)	Google Analytics
11	9 (0.70%)	Sauce Labs
11	9 (0.70%)	SuccessFactors
12	7 (0.55%)	Adobe Analytics
13	6 (0.47%)	Google Cloud Platform
14	5 (0.39%)	BrowserStack
15	4 (0.31%)	Amazon Kinesis
15	4 (0.31%)	Route 53

Communications & Networking
1	237 (18.56%)	Firewall
2	122 (9.55%)	DNS
3	115 (9.01%)	VPN
4	112 (8.77%)	LAN
5	108 (8.46%)	WAN
6	107 (8.38%)	TCP/IP
7	88 (6.89%)	Wireless
8	75 (5.87%)	Intranet
9	63 (4.93%)	MPLS
10	62 (4.86%)	HTTP
11	56 (4.39%)	SSL
12	52 (4.07%)	DHCP
13	38 (2.98%)	Network Security
14	35 (2.74%)	BGP
15	34 (2.66%)	Cisco ASA
15	34 (2.66%)	Ethernet
15	34 (2.66%)	OSPF
16	33 (2.58%)	Intrusion Detection
17	32 (2.51%)	Wi-Fi
18	26 (2.04%)	SAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	113 (8.85%)	SQL Server
2	52 (4.07%)	Relational Database
3	46 (3.60%)	MySQL
4	42 (3.29%)	MongoDB
5	32 (2.51%)	PostgreSQL
6	29 (2.27%)	NoSQL
6	29 (2.27%)	RDBMS
7	19 (1.49%)	Redis
7	19 (1.49%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	18 (1.41%)	Hadoop
9	16 (1.25%)	Big Data
9	16 (1.25%)	Endeca
10	15 (1.17%)	SQL Server 2008
11	12 (0.94%)	SQL Server 2012
12	11 (0.86%)	Data Warehouse
12	11 (0.86%)	Oracle Database
13	8 (0.63%)	SQL Server Integration Services
14	7 (0.55%)	DB2
14	7 (0.55%)	GIS
14	7 (0.55%)	MariaDB

Development Applications
1	93 (7.28%)	Jenkins
2	89 (6.97%)	Git (software)
3	84 (6.58%)	JIRA
4	61 (4.78%)	Selenium
5	42 (3.29%)	WebDriver
6	38 (2.98%)	Visual Studio
7	31 (2.43%)	Cucumber
8	30 (2.35%)	Subversion
9	28 (2.19%)	Maven
10	25 (1.96%)	Team Foundation Server
11	21 (1.64%)	Eclipse
11	21 (1.64%)	JUnit
12	16 (1.25%)	Jasmine
13	15 (1.17%)	JMeter
14	11 (0.86%)	Ant
14	11 (0.86%)	Calabash
14	11 (0.86%)	Hudson
14	11 (0.86%)	Vagrant
15	10 (0.78%)	Gradle
15	10 (0.78%)	IntelliJ

General
1	222 (17.38%)	Finance
2	129 (10.10%)	Banking
3	90 (7.05%)	Telecoms
4	51 (3.99%)	Marketing
5	49 (3.84%)	Retail
6	18 (1.41%)	Advertising
6	18 (1.41%)	Electronics
7	15 (1.17%)	Automotive
7	15 (1.17%)	Investment Banking
7	15 (1.17%)	Legal
8	14 (1.10%)	Back Office
8	14 (1.10%)	Games
9	13 (1.02%)	Publishing
9	13 (1.02%)	Retail Banking
10	12 (0.94%)	Corporate Banking
10	12 (0.94%)	Multimedia
11	11 (0.86%)	Law
11	11 (0.86%)	Manufacturing
12	10 (0.78%)	Financial Institution
13	6 (0.47%)	Billing

Job Titles
1	196 (15.35%)	Developer
2	172 (13.47%)	Analyst
3	159 (12.45%)	Architect
4	61 (4.78%)	Consultant
5	54 (4.23%)	Designer
5	54 (4.23%)	Network Engineer
5	54 (4.23%)	Project Manager
6	45 (3.52%)	Administrator
7	41 (3.21%)	Security Engineer
7	41 (3.21%)	Support Engineer
8	40 (3.13%)	Java Developer
8	40 (3.13%)	Security Analyst
8	40 (3.13%)	Test Analyst
9	35 (2.74%)	DevOps Engineer
10	33 (2.58%)	Tester
11	32 (2.51%)	Technical Architect
11	32 (2.51%)	UX Designer
12	31 (2.43%)	Solutions Architect
12	31 (2.43%)	Support Analyst
13	26 (2.04%)	Security Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	196 (15.35%)	HTML
2	159 (12.45%)	Web Services
3	147 (11.51%)	CSS
4	98 (7.67%)	.NET
4	98 (7.67%)	REST
5	97 (7.60%)	XML
6	91 (7.13%)	SOAP
7	77 (6.03%)	Spring
8	63 (4.93%)	AngularJS
9	58 (4.54%)	jQuery
10	56 (4.39%)	Node.js
11	51 (3.99%)	HTML5
12	50 (3.92%)	J2EE
13	47 (3.68%)	Hibernate
14	44 (3.45%)	RESTful
15	40 (3.13%)	ASP.NET
16	39 (3.05%)	Ajax
16	39 (3.05%)	JSON
17	35 (2.74%)	CSS3
18	32 (2.51%)	SAML

Miscellaneous
1	98 (7.67%)	Analytical Skills
2	94 (7.36%)	User Experience
3	77 (6.03%)	Mobile App
4	75 (5.87%)	Data Centre
5	73 (5.72%)	Computer Science
6	55 (4.31%)	Management Information System
7	51 (3.99%)	Internet of Things
7	51 (3.99%)	Online Banking
8	40 (3.13%)	Virtual Team
9	34 (2.66%)	RIA
10	30 (2.35%)	Mobile Banking
11	29 (2.27%)	iPad
12	24 (1.88%)	PKI
13	21 (1.64%)	Enterprise Software
14	17 (1.33%)	Blackberry
14	17 (1.33%)	Client/Server
14	17 (1.33%)	Replication
15	15 (1.17%)	Private Cloud
16	13 (1.02%)	Digital TV
16	13 (1.02%)	Security Operations Centre

Operating Systems
1	288 (22.55%)	Windows
2	172 (13.47%)	Linux
3	108 (8.46%)	Unix
4	57 (4.46%)	Windows Server
5	53 (4.15%)	Windows Server 2008
6	52 (4.07%)	Windows 7
7	37 (2.90%)	Apple iOS
7	37 (2.90%)	Windows Server 2012
8	35 (2.74%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	33 (2.58%)	Windows Server 2003
10	32 (2.51%)	Android
10	32 (2.51%)	Windows 10
11	28 (2.19%)	Windows 8
12	24 (1.88%)	Solaris
13	23 (1.80%)	Mac OS X
14	18 (1.41%)	CentOS
15	10 (0.78%)	VMS
15	10 (0.78%)	Windows XP
16	7 (0.55%)	AIX
16	7 (0.55%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	362 (28.35%)	Agile Software Development
2	146 (11.43%)	Test Automation
3	113 (8.85%)	E-Commerce
4	103 (8.07%)	ITIL
5	102 (7.99%)	Project Management
6	99 (7.75%)	Scrum
7	98 (7.67%)	Cybersecurity
8	97 (7.60%)	TDD
9	85 (6.66%)	Migration
10	81 (6.34%)	DevOps
11	77 (6.03%)	Open Source
12	75 (5.87%)	Information Security
13	62 (4.86%)	Continuous Integration
14	60 (4.70%)	Analytics
15	58 (4.54%)	Content Management
15	58 (4.54%)	Web Development
16	57 (4.46%)	OO
17	53 (4.15%)	Front End Development
18	52 (4.07%)	SDLC
18	52 (4.07%)	Stakeholder Management

Programming Languages
1	235 (18.40%)	Java
2	200 (15.66%)	SQL
3	183 (14.33%)	JavaScript
4	111 (8.69%)	Python
5	68 (5.32%)	C#
6	58 (4.54%)	PowerShell
7	51 (3.99%)	Perl
8	50 (3.92%)	Ruby
9	34 (2.66%)	Bash Shell
10	29 (2.27%)	C
10	29 (2.27%)	PHP
11	26 (2.04%)	Scala
12	22 (1.72%)	VB
13	17 (1.33%)	ES6
14	16 (1.25%)	C++
15	10 (0.78%)	Apex Code
15	10 (0.78%)	Shell Script
15	10 (0.78%)	SOQL
15	10 (0.78%)	T-SQL
16	8 (0.63%)	ECMAScript

Qualifications
1	166 (13.00%)	Degree
2	125 (9.79%)	Security Cleared
3	90 (7.05%)	SC Cleared
4	69 (5.40%)	Cisco Certification
5	39 (3.05%)	CCNP
5	39 (3.05%)	Computer Science Degree
6	26 (2.04%)	CISSP
7	25 (1.96%)	CCNA
8	24 (1.88%)	DV Cleared
9	19 (1.49%)	SANS
10	18 (1.41%)	BPSS Clearance
11	16 (1.25%)	CCIE
11	16 (1.25%)	CISM
12	15 (1.17%)	Master's Degree
13	14 (1.10%)	(ISC)2 CCSP
13	14 (1.10%)	CCSP
14	13 (1.02%)	DBS Check
14	13 (1.02%)	ISEB
15	12 (0.94%)	ISTQB
16	10 (0.78%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	90 (7.05%)	QA
2	27 (2.11%)	SLA
3	21 (1.64%)	PCI DSS
4	20 (1.57%)	ISO/IEC 27001
5	8 (0.63%)	ISO 9001
6	5 (0.39%)	ISO 14001
6	5 (0.39%)	PMO
7	4 (0.31%)	MiFID
8	3 (0.23%)	Data Quality
8	3 (0.23%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	3 (0.23%)	ISO/IEC 20000
8	3 (0.23%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
9	2 (0.16%)	FATCA
9	2 (0.16%)	ISO 20022
9	2 (0.16%)	RMADS
10	1 (0.078%)	Cyber Essentials
10	1 (0.078%)	GDPR

System Software
1	126 (9.87%)	Active Directory
2	60 (4.70%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	49 (3.84%)	Docker
4	19 (1.49%)	Hyper-V
5	12 (0.94%)	Apache Flume
5	12 (0.94%)	Virtual Servers
6	11 (0.86%)	VirtualBox
7	9 (0.70%)	VMware ESXi
7	9 (0.70%)	XenApp
8	8 (0.63%)	BitLocker
8	8 (0.63%)	Firmware
8	8 (0.63%)	ISA Server
9	7 (0.55%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
9	7 (0.55%)	vSphere
10	6 (0.47%)	Virtual Desktop
11	5 (0.39%)	GPFS
11	5 (0.39%)	NFS
11	5 (0.39%)	Virtual Machines
11	5 (0.39%)	XenDesktop
12	4 (0.31%)	Terminal Services

Systems Management
1	42 (3.29%)	Puppet
2	36 (2.82%)	SCCM
3	34 (2.66%)	Ansible
3	34 (2.66%)	Opscode Chef
4	20 (1.57%)	McAfee ePO
5	18 (1.41%)	Kubernetes
6	17 (1.33%)	Nagios
7	14 (1.10%)	CA Single Sign-On
8	12 (0.94%)	Terraform
9	11 (0.86%)	logstash
10	10 (0.78%)	HP Fortify
10	10 (0.78%)	HP Quality Center
10	10 (0.78%)	WSUS
11	9 (0.70%)	Cisco CUCM
11	9 (0.70%)	Kibana
11	9 (0.70%)	Microsoft Intune
11	9 (0.70%)	Nexpose
12	7 (0.55%)	Graphite
12	7 (0.55%)	HAProxy
12	7 (0.55%)	Netcool

Vendors
1	247 (19.34%)	Microsoft
2	140 (10.96%)	Cisco
3	104 (8.14%)	Oracle
4	89 (6.97%)	VMware
5	65 (5.09%)	HP
6	57 (4.46%)	Citrix
7	54 (4.23%)	Juniper
8	37 (2.90%)	Red Hat
9	34 (2.66%)	CheckPoint
10	33 (2.58%)	F5
10	33 (2.58%)	McAfee
10	33 (2.58%)	Salesforce.com
11	32 (2.51%)	ATG
12	30 (2.35%)	Google
13	25 (1.96%)	Apple
13	25 (1.96%)	Dell
13	25 (1.96%)	LogRhythm
14	23 (1.80%)	Symantec
15	22 (1.72%)	IBM
16	21 (1.64%)	Rapid7