PPP Contract Job Trends in England

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 500 546
Rank change year-on-year -28 +46 +199
Contract jobs citing PPP 5 4 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.014% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.11% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile - £456 -
25th Percentile £463 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £65
Median % change year-on-year - +630.77% -
75th Percentile £488 £488 £419
90th Percentile - - £520
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £195
% change year-on-year - +143.59% -68.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - -22.45% +2.08%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £24.88
90th Percentile - - £24.95
UK median hourly rate - £22.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year - -8.16% +2.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

PPP 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 3,398 3,694 5,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.75% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,195 2,173 3,282
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £357 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 115 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.69 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -26.39% +23.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.18
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +34.05%

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PPP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PPP job vacancy trend in England

PPP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PPP

PPP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PPP

PPP
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 PPP within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
South East -19 5 £475 - 3
PPP
UK

PPP
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) NFC
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 5 (100.00%) Valgrind
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) JSON
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 5 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 5 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 5 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 5 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) Python