ADSL Contract Job Trends in the South East

Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ADSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 163 200
Rank change year-on-year -17 +37 +35
Contract jobs citing ADSL 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.046% 0.029% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 0.16% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £723 - -
25th Percentile £738 - £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £157
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.70%
75th Percentile £813 - £158
90th Percentile £828 - -
England median daily rate £775 £220 £425
% change year-on-year +252.27% -48.24% +50.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
England median hourly rate - £19.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year - +40.74% -40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

ADSL 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 604 609 1,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.99% 17.80% 23.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 333 627
10th Percentile £204 £237 £203
25th Percentile £340 £400 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -7.60%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £561
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £490 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 71
10th Percentile £18.32 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £28.63 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £70.16 £59.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -5.60% +38.89%
75th Percentile £87.82 £62.81 £71.90
90th Percentile £90.45 £67.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +10.00% -38.04% +125.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

ADSL job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ADSL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ADSL

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ADSL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ADSL

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Sussex - 2 £775 -
ADSL
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) ThingWorx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management