BT Contract Job Trends in the North of England

BT
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of BT products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BT over the 6 months leading up to 19 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 BT Group plc.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 160 185
Rank change year-on-year -50 +25 +50
Contract jobs citing BT 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% 0.056% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.045% 0.12% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £105
Median % change year-on-year - - -76.67%
England median daily rate £525 £450 £394
% change year-on-year +16.67% +14.24% -19.20%

All Vendors
North of England

BT 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,221 1,647 2,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 46.99% 45.85% 48.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 932 1,432
10th Percentile £250 £250 £230
25th Percentile £363 £398 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £578 £575 £587
90th Percentile £678 £675 £673
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 70 100
10th Percentile £15.51 £15.22 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.83 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -7.14% +62.79%
75th Percentile £56.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.95 £81.11 £60.00
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

BT job vacancy trend in the North of England

BT
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BT

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BT

BT
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North West -27 1 - - 3
BT
England

BT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Telephony Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel