Ribbon Contract Job Trends in London

Ribbon
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Ribbon products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ribbon over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 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 Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks).

 6 months to
16 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 377 412
Rank change year-on-year 0 +35 +148
Contract jobs citing Ribbon 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Vendors category 0.044% 0.015% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.95%
England median daily rate £508 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -15.42% +50.00% -4.19%

All Vendors
London

Ribbon 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 6,759 6,706 7,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.06% 44.29% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,407 4,201 5,329
10th Percentile £338 £313 £300
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 67 107
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.37 £16.94
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £23.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -8.27% +48.41%
75th Percentile £42.98 £64.38 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.34 £85.45 £86.35
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.43% +73.88%

Ribbon
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Ribbon job vacancy trend in London

Ribbon
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ribbon

Ribbon
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ribbon

Ribbon
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 (33.33%) RTP
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) VoLTE
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Administrator
1 3 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk