RFC 2544 Contract Job Trends in London

Request for Comments: 2544 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring RFC 2544 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RFC 2544 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.026% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £295 £235 -
% change year-on-year +25.53% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

RFC 2544 falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,867 3,589 4,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.99% 26.30% 24.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,609 2,349 3,487
10th Percentile £363 £380 £385
25th Percentile £425 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -5.93%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 29
10th Percentile £27.75 £35.00 £28.18
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £47.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +10.53% -26.92%
75th Percentile £63.00 £65.00 £66.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £73.92
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

RFC 2544
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RFC 2544 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

RFC 2544 job vacancy trend in London

RFC 2544
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RFC 2544.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RFC 2544

RFC 2544
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Data Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Data Network Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf