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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 349 334
Rank change year-on-year -87 -15 -22
Contract jobs citing Internet 150 129 225
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.99% 4.04% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 75 117
10th Percentile £188 £250 £205
25th Percentile £404 £385 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £595
90th Percentile £664 £677 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +14.44% - -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 40
10th Percentile £15.25 - £12.10
25th Percentile £17.31 - £13.19
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.20 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +49.65% -36.18% +11.58%
75th Percentile £37.97 £25.56 £43.88
90th Percentile £42.38 £45.25 £65.15
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £24.75
% change year-on-year +26.76% -42.63% +30.50%

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 3,763 3,197 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.86% 13.19% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,412 1,991 3,181
10th Percentile £213 £220 £205
25th Percentile £392 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 121 384
10th Percentile £15.89 £14.20 £13.61
25th Percentile £19.59 £20.85 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.83% - +84.21%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £69.59
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.83% +7.69% +71.05%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -69 66 £425 -5.56% 88
North of England -42 38 £550 +15.79% 63
Midlands -65 15 £296 -10.23% 31
South East -65 15 £413 -8.33% 58
North West -35 14 £550 +41.94% 22
Yorkshire -43 14 £550 -12.00% 34
West Midlands -53 13 £296 -37.63% 14
North East - 10 - - 15
East of England -26 6 £400 -21.95% 31
South West -28 2 £400 -23.08% 24
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 (8.00%) IIS
2 2 (1.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) Smallworld
Applications
1 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.33%) Chatbot
3 8 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.67%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.67%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.67%) Azure
2 11 (7.33%) Entra ID
3 10 (6.67%) AWS
4 9 (6.00%) GCP
4 9 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.00%) GitHub
5 6 (4.00%) SaaS
6 4 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.00%) Canva
7 3 (2.00%) IaaS
7 3 (2.00%) OCI
7 3 (2.00%) PaaS
8 2 (1.33%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.67%) Figma
9 1 (0.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (22.00%) Firewall
1 33 (22.00%) WAN
2 26 (17.33%) Network Security
3 25 (16.67%) SD-WAN
4 23 (15.33%) LAN
5 19 (12.67%) DNS
6 18 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (10.00%) MPLS
7 15 (10.00%) VPN
7 15 (10.00%) Wireless
8 12 (8.00%) DHCP
9 11 (7.33%) SSL
10 10 (6.67%) BGP
10 10 (6.67%) TCP/IP
11 8 (5.33%) OSPF
11 8 (5.33%) WLAN
12 6 (4.00%) 5G
12 6 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (4.00%) VLAN
13 5 (3.33%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.33%) Oracle Database
1 11 (7.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.67%) MySQL
2 4 (2.67%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.67%) RDBMS
2 4 (2.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.67%) GIS
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.00%) JIRA
2 5 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.67%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.67%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 40 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.00%) Finance
3 18 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 17 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (10.67%) Public Sector
6 13 (8.67%) Banking
7 8 (5.33%) Marketing
8 6 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.33%) Legal
9 5 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.00%) Billing
10 3 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.00%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.33%) Law
11 2 (1.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Electronics
12 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.67%) Military
12 1 (0.67%) Norwegian Language
12 1 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (14.67%) Network Engineer
2 16 (10.67%) Architect
3 15 (10.00%) Senior
4 13 (8.67%) Developer
5 12 (8.00%) Support Engineer
6 11 (7.33%) C# Developer
7 10 (6.67%) Sales Manager
8 8 (5.33%) Applications Developer
8 8 (5.33%) C# Application Developer
8 8 (5.33%) Network Architect
8 8 (5.33%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.67%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.67%) IT Support
9 7 (4.67%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) Analyst
10 6 (4.00%) Marketing Manager
11 5 (3.33%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.33%) Technical Architect
12 4 (2.67%) Support Technician
12 4 (2.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.00%) .NET
2 11 (7.33%) .NET Framework
2 11 (7.33%) WinForms
2 11 (7.33%) WPF
3 4 (2.67%) NumPy
3 4 (2.67%) Pandas
3 4 (2.67%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.00%) WCF
5 2 (1.33%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.33%) SAML
5 2 (1.33%) Web Services
6 1 (0.67%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.67%) CSS
6 1 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.67%) HTML
6 1 (0.67%) Kafka
6 1 (0.67%) OAuth
6 1 (0.67%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.00%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.67%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.67%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.33%) PKI
6 5 (3.33%) Social Media
7 4 (2.67%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.67%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.67%) Online Banking
7 4 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.67%) RIA
7 4 (2.67%) W3C
8 3 (2.00%) Clustering
8 3 (2.00%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.00%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (1.33%) Android
2 2 (1.33%) Linux
2 2 (1.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.67%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (12.00%) Agile
4 15 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 14 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (8.67%) Change Management
6 13 (8.67%) Project Management
7 12 (8.00%) SIEM
7 12 (8.00%) User Experience
7 12 (8.00%) Zero Trust
8 11 (7.33%) Data Analysis
8 11 (7.33%) DevOps
8 11 (7.33%) ITIL
8 11 (7.33%) Roadmaps
8 11 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (6.67%) Affiliate Network
9 10 (6.67%) AI
9 10 (6.67%) Network Architecture
10 9 (6.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (6.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.33%) SQL
2 12 (8.00%) C#
3 11 (7.33%) PL/SQL
3 11 (7.33%) T-SQL
3 11 (7.33%) VB
3 11 (7.33%) VBA
4 8 (5.33%) Python
5 4 (2.67%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.67%) Java
7 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 18 (12.00%) Degree
4 15 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (8.00%) CCNP
6 9 (6.00%) CCIE
7 5 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.00%) CISSP
8 3 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.33%) CCNA
9 2 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.67%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.67%) CWDP
10 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.67%) OSCP
10 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.33%) QA
2 4 (2.67%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.67%) WCAG
3 3 (2.00%) NCSC
4 2 (1.33%) GDPR
4 2 (1.33%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
4 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.33%) ISO17020
4 2 (1.33%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) GRC
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.67%) Docker
4 1 (0.67%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.33%) CASB
2 5 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.67%) Terraform
4 3 (2.00%) Ansible
4 3 (2.00%) QRadar
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.33%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.33%) Nessus
6 1 (0.67%) Grafana
6 1 (0.67%) logstash
6 1 (0.67%) Nmap
6 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.67%) Puppet
6 1 (0.67%) SCCM
6 1 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (18.67%) Cisco
2 22 (14.67%) Microsoft
3 17 (11.33%) Zscaler
4 14 (9.33%) Aruba
4 14 (9.33%) Citrix
5 13 (8.67%) Palo Alto
5 13 (8.67%) ServiceNow
6 11 (7.33%) Oracle
7 10 (6.67%) Google
8 7 (4.67%) Juniper
9 6 (4.00%) Fortinet
9 6 (4.00%) Meraki
10 5 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (3.33%) Ekahau
10 5 (3.33%) F5
10 5 (3.33%) Splunk
11 4 (2.67%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.67%) Okta
11 4 (2.67%) VMware
12 3 (2.00%) Salesforce