Internet Contracts in the Midlands

Internet
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 105 147
Rank change year-on-year +2 +42 +16
Contract jobs citing Internet 8 28 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 1.02% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.74% 5.69% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £163 £374 -
25th Percentile £253 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.26% +22.73% +91.30%
75th Percentile £648 £775 £600
90th Percentile £706 - £640
England median daily rate £463 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +2.78% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £12.28 -
25th Percentile - £12.52 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -27.03% +46.48%
75th Percentile - £13.94 £28.50
90th Percentile - £14.00 £30.75
England median hourly rate £14.20 £21.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year -32.38% -22.94% -0.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 214 492 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.18% 17.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 294 337
10th Percentile £162 £200 £250
25th Percentile £249 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £594
90th Percentile £693 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 17
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.31%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.50
90th Percentile £24.21 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +3 8 £498 -33.63% 23
Internet
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (25.00%) DHCP
2 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) 5G
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (12.50%) Modbus
3 1 (12.50%) MQTT
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless Security
3 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Economy
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Network Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Rollout Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Rollout Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
2 1 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) NB-IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Network Management
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Network Design
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Edge Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (12.50%) Housing Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Predictive Maintenance
3 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) Infoblox
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Zscaler