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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 361 331
Rank change year-on-year -87 -30 -32
Contract jobs citing Internet 156 120 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.48% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 3.74% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 74 127
10th Percentile £225 £254 £243
25th Percentile £400 £377 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £424 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.03% -13.03% -3.47%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £600
90th Percentile £670 £653 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £408 £475
% change year-on-year +22.70% -14.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 37
10th Percentile £14.85 - £11.54
25th Percentile £17.63 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -32.38% -6.67%
75th Percentile £36.50 £22.84 £41.25
90th Percentile £42.38 £50.25 £49.95
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.76% -36.89% -

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 4,093 3,210 4,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.85% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 1,998 2,854
10th Percentile £250 £228 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 132 396
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.68
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.56 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.96 £39.66 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -12.72% +139.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £44.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.78% +7.23% +118.42%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -48 87 £475 +16.56% 111
North of England -55 30 £513 +7.89% 67
Midlands -43 17 £406 -6.67% 32
South East -71 16 £468 +16.88% 68
West Midlands -49 15 £406 +23.11% 12
North West -38 12 £401 -13.30% 30
Yorkshire -43 11 £550 +4.76% 27
North East - 9 - - 14
South West -30 4 £175 -60.23% 23
East of England -27 3 - - 26
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 (7.05%) IIS
2 3 (1.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.64%) Smallworld
3 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.92%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.64%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.08%) Azure
2 20 (12.82%) AWS
3 14 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.05%) GCP
6 9 (5.77%) SaaS
7 8 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.49%) GitHub
8 7 (4.49%) IaaS
9 6 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.85%) PaaS
10 5 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.92%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.92%) Canva
11 3 (1.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.92%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.28%) AWS IoT
12 2 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.51%) Firewall
2 29 (18.59%) Network Security
3 28 (17.95%) WAN
4 25 (16.03%) DNS
5 24 (15.38%) SD-WAN
6 21 (13.46%) VPN
7 19 (12.18%) LAN
8 18 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (10.26%) DHCP
10 15 (9.62%) SSL
10 15 (9.62%) Wireless
11 14 (8.97%) BGP
12 13 (8.33%) MPLS
12 13 (8.33%) TCP/IP
13 12 (7.69%) OSPF
14 9 (5.77%) 5G
15 7 (4.49%) WLAN
16 5 (3.21%) HTTP
16 5 (3.21%) VLAN
17 4 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.41%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.92%) Couchbase
3 3 (1.92%) GIS
3 3 (1.92%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.92%) Power BI
4 2 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (7.05%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Artifactory
2 3 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.92%) GitLab
3 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.64%) Gatling
4 1 (0.64%) Git
4 1 (0.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (11.54%) Finance
3 15 (9.62%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.05%) Banking
5 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.85%) Marketing
7 4 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.56%) Legal
7 4 (2.56%) Retail
8 3 (1.92%) Billing
9 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Front Office
9 2 (1.28%) Law
9 2 (1.28%) Military
9 2 (1.28%) Publishing
10 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 28 (17.95%) Network Engineer
2 19 (12.18%) Senior
3 16 (10.26%) Support Engineer
4 13 (8.33%) Architect
5 12 (7.69%) Developer
5 12 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) C# Developer
7 9 (5.77%) IT Engineer
7 9 (5.77%) IT Support
7 9 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (5.13%) Analyst
9 7 (4.49%) Lead
9 7 (4.49%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Sales Manager
10 6 (3.85%) Applications Developer
10 6 (3.85%) C# Application Developer
10 6 (3.85%) Marketing Manager
10 6 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (3.85%) Technical Support
10 6 (3.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.33%) .NET
2 11 (7.05%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.41%) WinForms
3 10 (6.41%) WPF
4 9 (5.77%) 802.1X
5 7 (4.49%) pytest
6 4 (2.56%) Kafka
7 3 (1.92%) RxJava
7 3 (1.92%) SAML
7 3 (1.92%) Vert.x
7 3 (1.92%) Web Services
8 2 (1.28%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (1.28%) JSON
8 2 (1.28%) YAML
9 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.64%) REST
9 1 (0.64%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.64%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.41%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.49%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.21%) IoT
6 5 (3.21%) Social Media
7 4 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.92%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.28%) CMDB
9 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.28%) PKI
9 2 (1.28%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.44%) Windows
2 9 (5.77%) Mac OS
3 8 (5.13%) Linux
4 6 (3.85%) Android
5 5 (3.21%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.56%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.56%) Unix
7 3 (1.92%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.28%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.10%) DevOps
1 22 (14.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (13.46%) Agile
3 19 (12.18%) CI/CD
4 18 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (10.26%) Zero Trust
7 15 (9.62%) Cloud Security
7 15 (9.62%) Validation
8 14 (8.97%) ITIL
8 14 (8.97%) SIEM
9 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (8.33%) Roadmaps
9 13 (8.33%) User Experience
10 12 (7.69%) Software Engineering
11 11 (7.05%) AI
11 11 (7.05%) Change Management
11 11 (7.05%) Observability
12 10 (6.41%) Data Analysis
12 10 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.18%) Python
2 18 (11.54%) SQL
3 12 (7.69%) C#
3 12 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.05%) PL/SQL
5 10 (6.41%) T-SQL
5 10 (6.41%) VB
5 10 (6.41%) VBA
6 8 (5.13%) Java
7 5 (3.21%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.56%) Bicep
9 3 (1.92%) Bash
9 3 (1.92%) C
9 3 (1.92%) Groovy
10 2 (1.28%) C++
10 2 (1.28%) Perl
10 2 (1.28%) VBScript
11 1 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.33%) CCIE
4 13 (8.33%) CCNP
5 12 (7.69%) Degree
6 6 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.21%) CISSP
8 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.92%) CCIE Wireless
9 3 (1.92%) CCNA
9 3 (1.92%) CWDP
9 3 (1.92%) CWNA
9 3 (1.92%) CWNE
9 3 (1.92%) CWSP
9 3 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.92%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.33%) QA
2 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.92%) NIST
4 2 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.28%) GRC
4 2 (1.28%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.28%) NCSC
4 2 (1.28%) SLA
4 2 (1.28%) 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 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.13%) Docker
3 5 (3.21%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.28%) Firmware
4 2 (1.28%) 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 14 (8.97%) Kubernetes
1 14 (8.97%) Terraform
2 9 (5.77%) Ansible
3 8 (5.13%) CASB
4 6 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.56%) SCCM
6 3 (1.92%) Grafana
7 2 (1.28%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.64%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.64%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.64%) Istio
8 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.64%) logstash
8 1 (0.64%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (19.87%) Cisco
2 28 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 20 (12.82%) Zscaler
4 16 (10.26%) Citrix
5 14 (8.97%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.69%) Aruba
7 11 (7.05%) Oracle
8 9 (5.77%) F5
8 9 (5.77%) Splunk
9 8 (5.13%) Fortinet
10 7 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (4.49%) Ekahau
10 7 (4.49%) Google
10 7 (4.49%) Palo Alto
11 6 (3.85%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.56%) Apple
12 4 (2.56%) Juniper
12 4 (2.56%) Netskope
13 3 (1.92%) Arista
13 3 (1.92%) CyberArk