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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 379 331
Rank change year-on-year -64 -48 -29
Contract jobs citing Internet 157 119 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.48% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.83% 3.71% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 73 128
10th Percentile £225 £253 £244
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £423 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.29% -13.23% -3.47%
75th Percentile £594 £585 £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 4,096 3,205 4,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.48% 12.87% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 1,996 2,882
10th Percentile £250 £227 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.46% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 129 394
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.59 £13.61
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.52 £39.32 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.92% -5.25% +121.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.50 £73.14
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.91% +12.50% +110.53%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -50 85 £475 +16.56% 63
North of England -55 31 £513 +10.81% 45
Midlands -50 17 £406 -6.67% 25
South East -73 16 £468 +16.88% 53
West Midlands -51 15 £406 +23.11% 11
North West -41 11 £401 -10.89% 21
Yorkshire -50 11 £550 +4.76% 18
North East - 11 - - 8
East of England -31 5 - - 14
South West -26 4 £175 -60.23% 17
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 (7.01%) IIS
2 3 (1.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.64%) Smallworld
3 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.64%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.66%) Azure
2 19 (12.10%) AWS
3 14 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.64%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.01%) GCP
6 9 (5.73%) SaaS
7 8 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.82%) GitHub
8 6 (3.82%) IaaS
8 6 (3.82%) PaaS
9 5 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.91%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.91%) Canva
10 3 (1.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.27%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (1.27%) AWS IoT
11 2 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.11%) Firewall
2 27 (17.20%) Network Security
2 27 (17.20%) WAN
3 25 (15.92%) DNS
4 23 (14.65%) SD-WAN
5 19 (12.10%) LAN
5 19 (12.10%) VPN
6 18 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (10.19%) DHCP
8 15 (9.55%) SSL
8 15 (9.55%) Wireless
9 14 (8.92%) BGP
10 13 (8.28%) MPLS
10 13 (8.28%) TCP/IP
11 12 (7.64%) OSPF
12 9 (5.73%) 5G
13 7 (4.46%) WLAN
14 5 (3.18%) HTTP
14 5 (3.18%) VLAN
15 4 (2.55%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.64%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.37%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.91%) GIS
3 3 (1.91%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) Couchbase
4 2 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
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 (7.01%) JIRA
2 3 (1.91%) Artifactory
2 3 (1.91%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.91%) GitLab
3 2 (1.27%) 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 (23.57%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (11.46%) Finance
3 17 (10.83%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.01%) Banking
5 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.82%) Marketing
7 4 (2.55%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.55%) Legal
8 3 (1.91%) Billing
8 3 (1.91%) Retail
9 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Front Office
9 2 (1.27%) Law
9 2 (1.27%) Military
9 2 (1.27%) Publishing
10 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 27 (17.20%) Network Engineer
2 18 (11.46%) Senior
3 16 (10.19%) Support Engineer
4 15 (9.55%) Architect
5 12 (7.64%) Developer
6 11 (7.01%) C# Developer
6 11 (7.01%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) IT Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) IT Support
7 9 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) Sales Manager
8 8 (5.10%) Analyst
9 7 (4.46%) Lead
9 7 (4.46%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Applications Developer
10 6 (3.82%) C# Application Developer
10 6 (3.82%) Junior
10 6 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Technical Support
10 6 (3.82%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.28%) .NET
2 11 (7.01%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.37%) WinForms
3 10 (6.37%) WPF
4 9 (5.73%) 802.1X
5 7 (4.46%) pytest
6 3 (1.91%) Kafka
6 3 (1.91%) SAML
6 3 (1.91%) Web Services
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (1.27%) JSON
7 2 (1.27%) RxJava
7 2 (1.27%) Vert.x
7 2 (1.27%) YAML
8 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 1 (0.64%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.64%) Playwright
8 1 (0.64%) REST
8 1 (0.64%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.64%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.37%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.46%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.82%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.18%) IoT
6 5 (3.18%) Social Media
7 4 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.91%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.91%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.91%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.27%) CMDB
9 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.27%) PKI
9 2 (1.27%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.29%) Windows
2 9 (5.73%) Mac OS
3 8 (5.10%) Linux
4 6 (3.82%) Android
5 5 (3.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.55%) Unix
7 3 (1.91%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.27%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.01%) DevOps
1 22 (14.01%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (12.74%) Agile
3 18 (11.46%) CI/CD
3 18 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (10.19%) Zero Trust
6 15 (9.55%) Cloud Security
7 14 (8.92%) ITIL
7 14 (8.92%) Validation
8 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (8.28%) Roadmaps
8 13 (8.28%) SIEM
8 13 (8.28%) User Experience
9 11 (7.01%) AI
9 11 (7.01%) Change Management
9 11 (7.01%) Observability
9 11 (7.01%) Software Engineering
10 10 (6.37%) Data Analysis
10 10 (6.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.10%) Python
2 17 (10.83%) SQL
3 12 (7.64%) C#
3 12 (7.64%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.01%) PL/SQL
5 10 (6.37%) T-SQL
5 10 (6.37%) VB
5 10 (6.37%) VBA
6 7 (4.46%) Java
7 5 (3.18%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.55%) Bicep
9 3 (1.91%) Bash
9 3 (1.91%) C
10 2 (1.27%) C++
10 2 (1.27%) Groovy
10 2 (1.27%) Perl
10 2 (1.27%) VBScript
11 1 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.19%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.28%) CCIE
4 13 (8.28%) CCNP
5 12 (7.64%) Degree
6 6 (3.82%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.18%) CISSP
8 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.91%) CCIE Wireless
9 3 (1.91%) CCNA
9 3 (1.91%) CWDP
9 3 (1.91%) CWNA
9 3 (1.91%) CWNE
9 3 (1.91%) CWSP
9 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.28%) QA
2 4 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.91%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) GRC
4 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.27%) NCSC
4 2 (1.27%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) 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 (12.74%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.10%) Docker
3 5 (3.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.27%) Firmware
4 2 (1.27%) 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 13 (8.28%) Kubernetes
1 13 (8.28%) Terraform
2 9 (5.73%) Ansible
3 7 (4.46%) CASB
4 5 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.55%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.55%) SCCM
6 3 (1.91%) Grafana
7 2 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.27%) 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 30 (19.11%) Cisco
2 28 (17.83%) Microsoft
3 19 (12.10%) Zscaler
4 16 (10.19%) Citrix
5 14 (8.92%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.64%) Aruba
7 11 (7.01%) Oracle
8 9 (5.73%) Splunk
9 8 (5.10%) F5
9 8 (5.10%) Fortinet
10 7 (4.46%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (4.46%) Ekahau
10 7 (4.46%) Google
11 6 (3.82%) CheckPoint
11 6 (3.82%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.55%) Apple
12 4 (2.55%) Juniper
12 4 (2.55%) Netskope
13 3 (1.91%) Arista
13 3 (1.91%) Okta