Internet Contract Job Trends in London

Internet
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 275 259
Rank change year-on-year -61 -16 +31
Contract jobs citing Internet 69 84 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.64% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.07% 6.22% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 54 62
10th Percentile £188 £358 £198
25th Percentile £404 £385 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +13.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £570 £577 £594
90th Percentile £634 £719 £729
England median daily rate £475 £520 £463
% change year-on-year -8.65% +12.43% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 26
10th Percentile - £41.75 £17.12
25th Percentile - £42.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +87.50% -24.41%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £41.25
90th Percentile - £48.25 £60.88
England median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year -5.26% -10.59% -7.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,360 1,351 1,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.30% 10.36% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 854 1,199
10th Percentile £262 £258 £204
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £614
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 71
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £40.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £57.95 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.86% +7.69% +71.05%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Internet job vacancy trend in London

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Internet

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in London

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Internet

Internet
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the London region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Central London -8 9 £525 -2.10% 17
East London +5 5 £200 -58.33% 17
North London - 1 - - 2
Internet
England

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (15.94%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 10 (14.49%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.70%) GCP
3 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.80%) AWS
5 3 (4.35%) Canva
5 3 (4.35%) IaaS
5 3 (4.35%) PaaS
6 2 (2.90%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.90%) GitHub
6 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.90%) OCI
6 2 (2.90%) SaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Akamai
7 1 (1.45%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Firewall
2 15 (21.74%) DNS
3 12 (17.39%) Network Security
3 12 (17.39%) WAN
4 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (11.59%) DHCP
5 8 (11.59%) LAN
6 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
6 6 (8.70%) VPN
7 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.80%) BGP
8 4 (5.80%) Broadband
8 4 (5.80%) MPLS
8 4 (5.80%) SSL
9 3 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (4.35%) Junos
9 3 (4.35%) NGFW
9 3 (4.35%) OSPF
9 3 (4.35%) Wireless
9 3 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) Oracle Database
1 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.45%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) GCC
2 1 (1.45%) GitLab
2 1 (1.45%) MSI
General
1 19 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Finance
3 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Banking
4 7 (10.14%) Marketing
4 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Legal
7 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Local Government
9 1 (1.45%) Billing
9 1 (1.45%) Electronics
9 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.45%) Law
9 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.45%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Developer
2 11 (15.94%) C# Developer
3 10 (14.49%) Support Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Senior
5 8 (11.59%) Network Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Applications Developer
6 7 (10.14%) C# Application Developer
7 6 (8.70%) Architect
7 6 (8.70%) Marketing Manager
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 5 (7.25%) IT Support
8 5 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Junior
8 5 (7.25%) Junior Support Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Support Technician
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Support
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.94%) .NET
1 11 (15.94%) .NET Framework
1 11 (15.94%) WinForms
1 11 (15.94%) WPF
2 4 (5.80%) WCF
3 2 (2.90%) OAuth
3 2 (2.90%) OpenID
3 2 (2.90%) SAML
3 2 (2.90%) Web Services
4 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.45%) CSS
4 1 (1.45%) Faiss
4 1 (1.45%) HTML
4 1 (1.45%) Kafka
4 1 (1.45%) LangChain
4 1 (1.45%) LangGraph
4 1 (1.45%) LDAP
4 1 (1.45%) Ollama
4 1 (1.45%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.45%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.25%) Social Media
4 4 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
4 4 (5.80%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (4.35%) Graphic Design
5 3 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.90%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.45%) IoT
7 1 (1.45%) PKI
7 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.29%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Android
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.19%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (18.84%) Agile
3 11 (15.94%) Data Analysis
4 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.59%) Cloud Security
6 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.14%) Zero Trust
7 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.70%) Project Management
7 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.70%) SIEM
8 5 (7.25%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (7.25%) Change Management
8 5 (7.25%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (7.25%) CRM
8 5 (7.25%) DevOps
8 5 (7.25%) ITIL
8 5 (7.25%) Lead Generation
8 5 (7.25%) Marketing Automation
8 5 (7.25%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) SQL
2 11 (15.94%) C#
2 11 (15.94%) PL/SQL
2 11 (15.94%) T-SQL
2 11 (15.94%) VB
2 11 (15.94%) VBA
3 6 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.70%) Python
4 2 (2.90%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) Java
5 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.35%) CCNP
3 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.90%) CISSP
4 2 (2.90%) Degree
4 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) CCIE
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) NCSC
3 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) GRC
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
3 1 (1.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Terraform
2 3 (4.35%) CASB
3 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.45%) Ansible
4 1 (1.45%) logstash
4 1 (1.45%) SCCM
4 1 (1.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Cisco
1 12 (17.39%) Citrix
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
1 12 (17.39%) Oracle
2 11 (15.94%) Zscaler
3 9 (13.04%) Palo Alto
4 6 (8.70%) Fortinet
5 5 (7.25%) Aruba
5 5 (7.25%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.25%) Juniper
6 4 (5.80%) F5
6 4 (5.80%) Google
7 3 (4.35%) Adobe
7 3 (4.35%) Okta
7 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.90%) Arista
8 2 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.90%) Meraki
8 2 (2.90%) NVIDIA