CATAPAN Contract Job Trends in the North of England

CATAPAN
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring CATAPAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CATAPAN 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.026% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £540 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +8.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

CATAPAN 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 874 511 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.57% 12.79% 11.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 300 312
10th Percentile £240 £160 £216
25th Percentile £358 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.62% +14.44%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £650
90th Percentile £632 £638 £820
England median daily rate £500 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 7 20
10th Percentile £17.10 £19.40 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.34 £23.00 £18.21
Median hourly rate £22.81 £50.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year -54.38% +101.05% +40.99%
75th Percentile £25.77 £67.25 £49.31
90th Percentile £26.98 £68.41 £51.96
England median hourly rate £26.72 £42.50 £54.94
% change year-on-year -37.13% -22.64% -2.75%

CATAPAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CATAPAN job vacancy trend in the North of England

CATAPAN
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

CATAPAN
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 CATAPAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
North West - 2 £400 - 3
CATAPAN
England

CATAPAN
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Key Management
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds