Internet Contracts in England

Internet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 320 314
Rank change year-on-year -43 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Internet 122 231 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.62% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.84% 4.61% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 121 275
10th Percentile £254 £205 £238
25th Percentile £385 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £653 £775 £695
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 41 18
10th Percentile - £12.28 £13.56
25th Percentile - £13.25 £18.58
Median hourly rate £14.20 £21.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% -22.94% -0.91%
75th Percentile £19.50 £41.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £44.75 £64.53 £58.05
UK median hourly rate £14.20 £23.80 £26.00
% change year-on-year -40.34% -8.46% -5.45%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in England

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in England.

Daily rate trend for Internet in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in England.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -33 64 £443 -1.67% 452
South East +46 28 £400 -15.79% 126
North of England +21 12 £475 +58.33% 89
North West +22 9 £388 +47.62% 52
West Midlands +3 8 £498 -33.63% 23
Midlands +2 8 £498 -26.26% 45
South West +35 3 £523 +4.50% 30
Yorkshire +5 3 £625 +92.31% 33
East of England +26 2 £425 +23.19% 30
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.84%) IIS
1 12 (9.84%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.28%) Apache
3 4 (3.28%) CMS
3 4 (3.28%) Confluence
3 4 (3.28%) Drupal
3 4 (3.28%) WordPress
4 1 (0.82%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.82%) Facebook Platform
4 1 (0.82%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.67%) Azure
2 17 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.30%) AWS
4 8 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (6.56%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.74%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (5.74%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.28%) GCP
7 2 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.64%) Cloud9 IDE
7 2 (1.64%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.64%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.82%) Akamai
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.82%) Figma
8 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.82%) SaaS
8 1 (0.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (40.16%) Firewall
2 31 (25.41%) WAN
3 29 (23.77%) VPN
4 28 (22.95%) Wireless
5 27 (22.13%) Network Security
6 25 (20.49%) LAN
7 19 (15.57%) DNS
8 18 (14.75%) MPLS
9 17 (13.93%) BGP
10 16 (13.11%) OSPF
11 15 (12.30%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (9.84%) TCP/IP
13 11 (9.02%) IPsec
14 10 (8.20%) SD-WAN
15 8 (6.56%) DHCP
15 8 (6.56%) EIGRP
15 8 (6.56%) HTTP
16 7 (5.74%) Multicast
17 6 (4.92%) DWDM
17 6 (4.92%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.02%) Oracle Database
3 8 (6.56%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (6.56%) Power BI
4 7 (5.74%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (4.92%) FileMaker
6 4 (3.28%) MySQL
6 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.82%) Big Data
7 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.82%) Metadata
7 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.92%) JIRA
3 4 (3.28%) Bitbucket Server
3 4 (3.28%) Git
4 2 (1.64%) GitLab
5 1 (0.82%) Appium
5 1 (0.82%) Selenium
General
1 36 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.75%) Finance
3 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.74%) Legal
6 6 (4.92%) Marketing
6 6 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.10%) Banking
8 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.46%) Military
10 2 (1.64%) Electronics
10 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.64%) Law
10 2 (1.64%) Retail
11 1 (0.82%) Automotive
11 1 (0.82%) Local Government
11 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (20.49%) Network Engineer
2 21 (17.21%) Senior
3 14 (11.48%) Support Engineer
4 13 (10.66%) Developer
5 12 (9.84%) C# Developer
6 11 (9.02%) C# WCF Developer
6 11 (9.02%) C# WPF Developer
6 11 (9.02%) WCF Developer
6 11 (9.02%) WPF Developer
7 10 (8.20%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (8.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.56%) IT Manager
10 7 (5.74%) Architect
10 7 (5.74%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.74%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (5.74%) Service Manager
11 6 (4.92%) Help Desk Agent
11 6 (4.92%) Help Desk Support
12 5 (4.10%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.84%) .NET
2 11 (9.02%) .NET Framework
2 11 (9.02%) WCF
2 11 (9.02%) WinForms
2 11 (9.02%) WPF
3 7 (5.74%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (4.92%) HTML
5 5 (4.10%) 802.1X
5 5 (4.10%) CSS
6 4 (3.28%) Ajax
6 4 (3.28%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.28%) CodeIgniter
6 4 (3.28%) jQuery
6 4 (3.28%) LAMP
6 4 (3.28%) SOAP
6 4 (3.28%) Web Services
7 2 (1.64%) Symfony
8 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.82%) XML
8 1 (0.82%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.48%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (9.02%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.74%) IoT
4 4 (3.28%) Legacy Code
5 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.46%) IVR
5 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) NHS
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.64%) SCADA
6 2 (1.64%) Social Media
7 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.13%) Windows
2 17 (13.93%) Linux
3 10 (8.20%) Apple iOS
4 6 (4.92%) Android
4 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.10%) Mac OS X
6 4 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.28%) Unix
7 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.85%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (11.48%) Data Analysis
4 12 (9.84%) Network Design
4 12 (9.84%) Time Management
5 11 (9.02%) Migration
6 10 (8.20%) Analytics
6 10 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (8.20%) ITIL
6 10 (8.20%) Network Management
6 10 (8.20%) Storage Management
7 9 (7.38%) Change Management
7 9 (7.38%) Computer Science
7 9 (7.38%) Deployment Automation
7 9 (7.38%) DevOps
7 9 (7.38%) Project Management
7 9 (7.38%) Roadmaps
7 9 (7.38%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.48%) SQL
2 12 (9.84%) C#
3 11 (9.02%) PL/SQL
3 11 (9.02%) Python
3 11 (9.02%) T-SQL
3 11 (9.02%) VB
3 11 (9.02%) VBA
4 5 (4.10%) Java
5 4 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.28%) Perl
5 4 (3.28%) PHP
5 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.82%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (17.21%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (16.39%) Degree
3 17 (13.93%) Security Cleared
4 16 (13.11%) SC Cleared
5 14 (11.48%) CCNP
6 10 (8.20%) CCNA
7 8 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.92%) CCIE
9 2 (1.64%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.64%) CCDP
9 2 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.64%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.64%) MCP
9 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.82%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.82%) CCIP
10 1 (0.82%) CCSA
10 1 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) QA
2 5 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.28%) SLA
4 2 (1.64%) DICOM
4 2 (1.64%) HL7
4 2 (1.64%) NCSC
5 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.74%) Docker
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (2.46%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.82%) Firmware
4 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.82%) vSphere
4 1 (0.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (11.48%) Ansible
2 11 (9.02%) Terraform
3 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (5.74%) Grafana
4 7 (5.74%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.74%) Progress Chef
4 7 (5.74%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.74%) Puppet
5 3 (2.46%) CASB
6 2 (1.64%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.64%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.64%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (27.05%) Cisco
2 30 (24.59%) Microsoft
3 17 (13.93%) Citrix
4 16 (13.11%) Palo Alto
5 13 (10.66%) Oracle
6 12 (9.84%) Fortinet
7 10 (8.20%) Aruba
8 8 (6.56%) Arista
8 8 (6.56%) CheckPoint
8 8 (6.56%) Juniper
9 7 (5.74%) F5
9 7 (5.74%) Meraki
9 7 (5.74%) Red Hat
9 7 (5.74%) Zscaler
10 5 (4.10%) Apple
11 4 (3.28%) Infoblox
11 4 (3.28%) Zend
12 3 (2.46%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.46%) Splunk
12 3 (2.46%) VMware