BT Contract Job Trends in the South East

BT
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 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
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 158 193
Rank change year-on-year -21 +35 +41
Contract jobs citing BT 4 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.091% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Vendors category 0.18% 0.72% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £424 - £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £380
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.35%
75th Percentile £629 - £395
90th Percentile £687 - £646
England median daily rate £475 £450 £408
% change year-on-year +5.56% +10.43% -15.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.77
25th Percentile - - £15.85
Median hourly rate - - £16.96
75th Percentile - - £18.35
90th Percentile - - £18.59
England median hourly rate - - £16.43

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,232 1,806 2,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.59% 50.31% 52.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,595 1,194 1,657
10th Percentile £222 £240 £205
25th Percentile £402 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £679 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 49 121
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.43 £24.18 £24.34
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% -24.65% +108.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £89.63 £71.97 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £46.06
% change year-on-year -20.71% -34.86% +70.57%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

BT job vacancy trend in the South East

BT
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

BT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BT in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BT in the South East

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

BT
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 BT within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -18 4 £520 - 3
Berkshire -20 2 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £520 - 2
BT
England

BT
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Economy
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Fibre Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Project Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) System Testing
1 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
1 1 (25.00%) User Stories
1 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Openreach