Broadband Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Broadband
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Broadband skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Broadband 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.76% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £525 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Ipswich

Broadband 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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 13 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 23.81% 25.49% 44.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 16
10th Percentile £483 £170 £213
25th Percentile £513 £178 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £188 £475
Median % change year-on-year +180.00% -60.53% -32.14%
75th Percentile £550 £388 £488
90th Percentile £650 £405 -
Suffolk median daily rate £488 £225 £475
% change year-on-year +116.67% -52.63% -13.64%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in Ipswich

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Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Broadband.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Broadband

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Broadband.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Broadband

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared