NGN Contract Job Trends in the North East

Next Generation Network (NGN)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring NGN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NGN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.24% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £508 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

NGN 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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 40 37 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 9.62% 12.50% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 34
10th Percentile £160 £144 £140
25th Percentile £170 £213 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £454 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +13.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £425
90th Percentile £585 £710 £453
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £22.25 - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £16.00
75th Percentile £51.51 - £16.50
90th Percentile £65.16 - -
England median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +10.00% -38.04% +125.96%

NGN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NGN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

NGN job vacancy trend in the North East

NGN
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NGN within the North East region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 - - 2
NGN
England