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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 377 323
Rank change year-on-year -93 -54 -24
Contract jobs citing Internet 159 142 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.51% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.71% 4.10% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 88 119
10th Percentile £225 £325 £230
25th Percentile £401 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £581 £625
90th Percentile £670 £653 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 27
10th Percentile £14.85 - £13.00
25th Percentile £16.93 - £14.13
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -32.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £29.16 £44.75 £38.13
90th Percentile £42.38 £49.75 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £21.00
% change year-on-year +26.76% -32.38% -16.00%

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 4,281 3,463 4,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.56% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 2,159 2,697
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 161 323
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -7.33% -2.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.76% +8.33% -10.00%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -51 94 £500 +6.67% 130
North of England -68 24 £488 +2.63% 54
Midlands -47 19 £413 -9.99% 23
South East -86 18 £505 -3.81% 47
West Midlands -50 17 £413 -20.48% 10
North West -45 12 £401 -15.58% 30
Yorkshire -40 11 £525 - 20
South West -33 4 £175 -60.23% 14
North East - 3 - - 6
East of England -25 2 - - 11
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 13 (8.18%) IIS
2 3 (1.89%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.63%) Smallworld
3 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.63%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.63%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.63%) Eikon
2 1 (0.63%) Maximo
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (23.90%) Azure
2 23 (14.47%) AWS
3 16 (10.06%) GCP
4 14 (8.81%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.66%) SaaS
6 7 (4.40%) GitHub
6 7 (4.40%) IaaS
7 6 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.77%) PaaS
8 5 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.89%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.26%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.26%) AWS IoT
10 2 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.64%) Firewall
2 31 (19.50%) Network Security
3 29 (18.24%) WAN
4 27 (16.98%) DNS
5 25 (15.72%) SD-WAN
6 23 (14.47%) VPN
7 20 (12.58%) LAN
8 17 (10.69%) DHCP
8 17 (10.69%) SSL
8 17 (10.69%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (9.43%) BGP
9 15 (9.43%) TCP/IP
9 15 (9.43%) Wireless
10 13 (8.18%) MPLS
10 13 (8.18%) OSPF
11 9 (5.66%) 5G
12 7 (4.40%) WLAN
13 6 (3.77%) HTTP
14 5 (3.14%) VLAN
15 4 (2.52%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.92%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.52%) GIS
4 3 (1.89%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.89%) Power BI
5 2 (1.26%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (7.55%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) Artifactory
2 4 (2.52%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.89%) GitLab
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.26%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.63%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.63%) Gatling
5 1 (0.63%) Git
5 1 (0.63%) Maven
5 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
General
1 38 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.21%) Finance
3 16 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.29%) Banking
5 9 (5.66%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.52%) Retail
8 3 (1.89%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.89%) Front Office
8 3 (1.89%) Legal
8 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Billing
9 2 (1.26%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.26%) Law
9 2 (1.26%) Marketing
9 2 (1.26%) Military
9 2 (1.26%) Publishing
10 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.63%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (18.24%) Network Engineer
2 23 (14.47%) Senior
3 19 (11.95%) Support Engineer
4 14 (8.81%) Security Engineer
5 13 (8.18%) Architect
5 13 (8.18%) C# Developer
5 13 (8.18%) Developer
6 12 (7.55%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 11 (6.92%) IT Engineer
8 10 (6.29%) IT Support
8 10 (6.29%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Analyst
9 9 (5.66%) Lead
10 8 (5.03%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (4.40%) Junior
11 7 (4.40%) Network Security Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) Technical Support
12 6 (3.77%) Technical Support Engineer
13 5 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.43%) .NET
2 13 (8.18%) .NET Framework
3 12 (7.55%) pytest
4 11 (6.92%) WinForms
4 11 (6.92%) WPF
5 10 (6.29%) 802.1X
6 4 (2.52%) SAML
7 3 (1.89%) Kafka
7 3 (1.89%) RxJava
7 3 (1.89%) Vert.x
7 3 (1.89%) Web Services
8 2 (1.26%) ADO.NET
8 2 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (1.26%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (1.26%) JSON
8 2 (1.26%) REST
8 2 (1.26%) XML
8 2 (1.26%) XSL
8 2 (1.26%) XSLT
8 2 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.92%) Data Centre
1 11 (6.92%) Security Posture
2 9 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.03%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.40%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.40%) IoT
5 6 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.77%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.26%) Graphic Design
8 2 (1.26%) PKI
8 2 (1.26%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.90%) Windows
2 11 (6.92%) Mac OS
3 9 (5.66%) Linux
4 6 (3.77%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.14%) Android
5 5 (3.14%) Unix
6 4 (2.52%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.89%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.26%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.87%) DevOps
2 26 (16.35%) CI/CD
3 21 (13.21%) AI
3 21 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (13.21%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (13.21%) Validation
4 19 (11.95%) Agile
4 19 (11.95%) Cloud Security
5 18 (11.32%) Zero Trust
6 17 (10.69%) Generative AI
6 17 (10.69%) ITIL
6 17 (10.69%) Software Engineering
7 16 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (8.81%) SIEM
9 14 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (8.81%) Unit Testing
10 13 (8.18%) LLM
11 12 (7.55%) Design Patterns
11 12 (7.55%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.98%) Python
2 20 (12.58%) SQL
3 14 (8.81%) C#
4 13 (8.18%) PL/SQL
4 13 (8.18%) PowerShell
5 11 (6.92%) T-SQL
5 11 (6.92%) VB
5 11 (6.92%) VBA
6 8 (5.03%) Java
7 7 (4.40%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.52%) Bicep
9 3 (1.89%) Bash
9 3 (1.89%) C
9 3 (1.89%) Groovy
10 2 (1.26%) C++
10 2 (1.26%) Perl
10 2 (1.26%) VBScript
11 1 (0.63%) Scala
11 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (18.24%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.06%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (8.81%) CCNP
4 14 (8.81%) Degree
5 13 (8.18%) CCIE
6 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.03%) CISSP
7 4 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.52%) CISM
7 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.89%) CCNA
8 3 (1.89%) CWDP
8 3 (1.89%) CWNA
8 3 (1.89%) CWSP
8 3 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.89%) OSCP
8 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.43%) QA
2 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.52%) NIST
3 3 (1.89%) NCSC
4 2 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.26%) GRC
4 2 (1.26%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.26%) SLA
4 2 (1.26%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (13.84%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.81%) Docker
3 5 (3.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.26%) Firmware
4 2 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.63%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.63%) Squid
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (13.84%) Kubernetes
2 16 (10.06%) Terraform
3 10 (6.29%) Ansible
4 8 (5.03%) CASB
5 7 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.77%) FortiGate
7 5 (3.14%) SCCM
8 4 (2.52%) Grafana
9 2 (1.26%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.63%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.63%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.63%) Istio
10 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (20.13%) Cisco
2 29 (18.24%) Microsoft
3 23 (14.47%) Zscaler
4 19 (11.95%) Citrix
5 13 (8.18%) Oracle
5 13 (8.18%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.55%) Aruba
7 9 (5.66%) F5
7 9 (5.66%) Fortinet
7 9 (5.66%) Google
7 9 (5.66%) Splunk
8 7 (4.40%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (4.40%) Ekahau
8 7 (4.40%) Palo Alto
9 6 (3.77%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.52%) Apple
10 4 (2.52%) Juniper
10 4 (2.52%) Netskope
11 3 (1.89%) Arista
11 3 (1.89%) Okta