Openreach Contracts in England

Openreach
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Openreach products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Openreach over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Openreach.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 643 759
Rank change year-on-year +113 +116 -157
Contract jobs citing Openreach 15 16 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.032% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.096% 0.075% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 7
10th Percentile £383 £307 £198
25th Percentile £503 £361 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £399 £270
Median % change year-on-year +29.15% +47.69% -4.42%
75th Percentile £950 £461 £513
90th Percentile - £499 £685
UK median daily rate £515 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +24.85% +10.00% +32.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £13.75 £13.50 -
90th Percentile £13.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

All Vendors
England

Openreach is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,705 21,239 27,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.25% 41.91% 39.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,972 14,616 19,035
10th Percentile £256 £264 £268
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 615 797
10th Percentile £12.06 £15.14 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.69 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £38.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.94% +84.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55.08 £64.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -47.88% +102.38% -6.50%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Openreach in England

Openreach
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Openreach in England

Openreach
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Openreach in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Openreach in England

Openreach
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Openreach in England

Openreach
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 Openreach within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South West +27 6 £900 +339.02% 1
Midlands +30 5 - - 6
South East +26 4 £515 +5.64% 2
West Midlands +31 3 - - 2
East Midlands - 2 - - 4
Openreach
UK

Openreach
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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Internet
1 5 (33.33%) PSTN
2 3 (20.00%) ADSL
2 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (20.00%) MPLS
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) Broadband
4 1 (6.67%) ISDN
General
1 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (20.00%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Network Communications Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Change Control
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Data Entry
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Order Management
3 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) CAD
5 1 (6.67%) Contract Management
5 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.67%) Project Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) BT
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Virgin Media