Broadband Contract Job Trends in the North West

Broadband
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Broadband skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 122 130
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing Broadband 13 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.37% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.91% 1.29% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £525 £513 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £295
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +86.44% -9.23%
75th Percentile £537 £588 £318
90th Percentile £540 - -
England median daily rate £515 £495 £424
% change year-on-year +4.15% +16.63% -17.07%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Broadband 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 447 311 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.74% 15.57% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 190 231
10th Percentile £300 £193 £210
25th Percentile £375 £352 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £669
90th Percentile £630 £638 £825
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 12
10th Percentile £15.40 £27.70 £20.93
25th Percentile £16.88 £34.78 £25.13
Median hourly rate £19.84 £47.37 £40.44
Median % change year-on-year -58.12% +17.14% +29.41%
75th Percentile £41.94 £59.17 £46.60
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.76 £50.78
England median hourly rate £29.52 £40.50 £45.44
% change year-on-year -27.11% -10.87% +142.80%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the North West

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Broadband.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Broadband

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Broadband.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Broadband

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Cumbria -2 13 £536 -6.78% 3
Broadband
England

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (100.00%) Converged Networks
1 13 (100.00%) LAN
1 13 (100.00%) Network Security
1 13 (100.00%) VPN
1 13 (100.00%) WAN
2 12 (92.31%) Firewall
2 12 (92.31%) Wireless
3 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ModSecurity
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 11 (84.62%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) CCNA
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
3 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco