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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 511 525
Rank change year-on-year -108 +14 +65
Contract jobs citing PPP 4 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.029% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.093% 0.24% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £351 - -
25th Percentile £352 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% - -
75th Percentile £353 £488 -
90th Percentile £353 £566 -
UK median daily rate £352 £475 -
% change year-on-year -25.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

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 4,312 3,291 3,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.83% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,552 2,064 2,323
10th Percentile £250 £227 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -3.94% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 165 215
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.28 £14.82
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.00 £23.45
Median hourly rate £43.50 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.69 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%

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 18 September 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
East of England - 4 £352 - 7
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 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) 5G
1 4 (100.00%) Broadband
1 4 (100.00%) IPv4
1 4 (100.00%) IPv6
1 4 (100.00%) UPnP
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (100.00%) xDSL
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Broadband Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker