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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 320 300
Rank change year-on-year -39 -20 +1
Contract jobs citing Internet 117 230 378
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.63% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.72% 4.75% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 128 260
10th Percentile £254 £210 £250
25th Percentile £385 £347 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £488 £519
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% -6.02% -1.19%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £653 £758 £688
UK median daily rate £415 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -14.82% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 39 17
10th Percentile - £11.91 £12.80
25th Percentile - £13.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £14.20 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +10.53% -33.33%
75th Percentile £22.84 £41.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £50.25 £51.75 £43.52
UK median hourly rate £14.20 £23.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -38.26% +21.05% -33.04%

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 3,144 4,843 5,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.08% 13.17% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,965 2,917 3,862
10th Percentile £220 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £650
90th Percentile £675 £694 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 388 413
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £40.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +128.57% -26.81%
75th Percentile £63.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.22 £70.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -28 59 £408 -18.50% 201
South East +56 26 £400 -15.79% 336
North of England +9 11 £475 +46.15% 241
Midlands 0 11 £458 -27.25% 198
North West +11 9 £388 -18.42% 114
West Midlands +5 9 £498 -33.63% 114
East of England +32 3 £413 +91.86% 139
South West +33 2 £440 -12.00% 103
Yorkshire +15 2 £525 +61.54% 98
East Midlands +4 2 £435 +74.12% 72
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 13 (11.11%) IIS
1 13 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.42%) Apache
3 4 (3.42%) CMS
3 4 (3.42%) Confluence
3 4 (3.42%) Drupal
3 4 (3.42%) WordPress
4 2 (1.71%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.85%) Facebook Platform
5 1 (0.85%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.85%) Moodle
Applications
1 20 (17.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.37%) Azure
2 21 (17.95%) AWS
3 18 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (8.55%) Amazon EC2
5 9 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.84%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (6.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 6 (5.13%) GCP
8 2 (1.71%) Cloud9 IDE
8 2 (1.71%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.85%) Akamai
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.85%) Figma
9 1 (0.85%) IaaS
9 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (36.75%) Firewall
2 24 (20.51%) VPN
2 24 (20.51%) WAN
3 22 (18.80%) Wireless
4 21 (17.95%) LAN
5 18 (15.38%) Network Security
6 17 (14.53%) DNS
7 16 (13.68%) MPLS
8 15 (12.82%) TCP/IP
8 15 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (10.26%) BGP
9 12 (10.26%) OSPF
10 11 (9.40%) HTTP
10 11 (9.40%) IPsec
10 11 (9.40%) SD-WAN
11 6 (5.13%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (5.13%) DWDM
11 6 (5.13%) Multicast
12 5 (4.27%) DMZ
12 5 (4.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.26%) Oracle Database
3 9 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (7.69%) Power BI
4 8 (6.84%) Amazon Aurora
5 7 (5.98%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.42%) MySQL
7 3 (2.56%) Big Data
8 2 (1.71%) DB2
8 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.71%) Tableau
9 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.85%) Metadata
9 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.69%) Git
3 7 (5.98%) JIRA
4 4 (3.42%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (1.71%) GitLab
5 2 (1.71%) Gradle
5 2 (1.71%) Maven
6 1 (0.85%) Appium
6 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 34 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Finance
3 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.98%) Banking
6 6 (5.13%) Legal
7 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Marketing
8 3 (2.56%) Military
9 2 (1.71%) Law
9 2 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Retail
9 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.85%) Automotive
10 1 (0.85%) Digital Economy
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.85%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 20 (17.09%) Network Engineer
1 20 (17.09%) Senior
2 15 (12.82%) Developer
3 13 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 12 (10.26%) C# WCF Developer
4 12 (10.26%) C# WPF Developer
4 12 (10.26%) WCF Developer
4 12 (10.26%) WPF Developer
5 9 (7.69%) Architect
5 9 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Help Desk Support
7 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) IT Services Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Service Manager
8 6 (5.13%) Help Desk Agent
8 6 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
8 6 (5.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.11%) .NET
2 12 (10.26%) .NET Framework
2 12 (10.26%) WCF
2 12 (10.26%) WinForms
2 12 (10.26%) WPF
3 9 (7.69%) HTML
4 8 (6.84%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (5.13%) Web Services
6 5 (4.27%) 802.1X
6 5 (4.27%) SOAP
7 4 (3.42%) Ajax
7 4 (3.42%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.42%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (3.42%) CSS
7 4 (3.42%) jQuery
7 4 (3.42%) LAMP
8 3 (2.56%) XML
9 2 (1.71%) LDAP
9 2 (1.71%) RESTful
9 2 (1.71%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) IoT
1 8 (6.84%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (5.98%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.42%) Legacy Code
3 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.56%) IVR
4 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (1.71%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.71%) PMI
5 2 (1.71%) SCADA
5 2 (1.71%) Social Media
6 1 (0.85%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.51%) Windows
2 20 (17.09%) Linux
3 7 (5.98%) Unix
4 6 (5.13%) Android
4 6 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.85%) AIX
7 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (18.80%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (11.97%) Data Analysis
4 13 (11.11%) Migration
5 11 (9.40%) Computer Science
5 11 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (9.40%) DevOps
6 10 (8.55%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (8.55%) Network Design
6 10 (8.55%) Project Delivery
6 10 (8.55%) Roadmaps
7 9 (7.69%) Analytics
7 9 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (7.69%) Configuration Management
7 9 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
7 9 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (7.69%) Project Management
7 9 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (6.84%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.82%) SQL
2 13 (11.11%) C#
3 12 (10.26%) PL/SQL
3 12 (10.26%) T-SQL
3 12 (10.26%) VB
3 12 (10.26%) VBA
4 11 (9.40%) Python
5 9 (7.69%) Java
6 4 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.42%) Perl
6 4 (3.42%) PHP
7 3 (2.56%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.71%) Bash
8 2 (1.71%) C
8 2 (1.71%) C++
8 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) Degree
2 18 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.53%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (14.53%) SC Cleared
4 11 (9.40%) CCNP
5 9 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (6.84%) CCNA
7 5 (4.27%) CCIE
8 3 (2.56%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.71%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.71%) MCP
9 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CCDP
10 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) QA
2 4 (3.42%) SLA
3 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.71%) NCSC
3 2 (1.71%) WCAG
4 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (10.26%) Docker
2 11 (9.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.85%) Firmware
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (13.68%) Ansible
2 13 (11.11%) Terraform
3 10 (8.55%) Kubernetes
4 8 (6.84%) Grafana
4 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (6.84%) Progress Chef
4 8 (6.84%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.84%) Puppet
5 3 (2.56%) CASB
6 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.71%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.71%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.85%) Packer
7 1 (0.85%) SCCM
7 1 (0.85%) yum
Vendors
1 33 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 29 (24.79%) Cisco
3 17 (14.53%) Citrix
4 15 (12.82%) Palo Alto
5 14 (11.97%) Oracle
6 10 (8.55%) Aruba
6 10 (8.55%) Fortinet
7 9 (7.69%) Red Hat
8 8 (6.84%) Juniper
9 7 (5.98%) F5
9 7 (5.98%) Zscaler
10 6 (5.13%) Arista
10 6 (5.13%) CheckPoint
11 5 (4.27%) Meraki
11 5 (4.27%) Splunk
12 4 (3.42%) Apple
12 4 (3.42%) VMware
12 4 (3.42%) Zend
13 3 (2.56%) Infoblox
13 3 (2.56%) McAfee