Openreach
England > London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 485 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +112 |
| Contract jobs citing Openreach | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | - | - | 0.027% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | - | 0.068% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £337 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £398 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -22.06% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £440 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £484 |
| England median daily rate | £480 | £708 | £399 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.16% | +77.43% | +47.69% |
All Vendors
London
Openreach falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 5,669 | 7,219 | 10,252 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London | 45.41% | 40.90% | 39.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,723 | 4,931 | 7,262 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.22% | +2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £669 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £798 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £518 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.35% | -3.18% | +1.90% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 92 | 128 | 127 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.91 | £13.86 | £16.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.74 | £16.86 | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £22.50 | £30.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.20% | -25.62% | -13.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.20 | £35.06 | £57.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | £58.63 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £26.73 | £22.50 | £38.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.78% | -41.56% | +79.91% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings citing Openreach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Openreach in London.