CATAPAN Contract Job Trends in the South East

CATAPAN
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CATAPAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 163 176
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 +56
Contract jobs citing CATAPAN 4 1 22
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.092% 0.030% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.17% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £474 - £608
25th Percentile £491 £538 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £615
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -6.50% +2.50%
75th Percentile - £613 £628
90th Percentile - - £634
England median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 608 597 1,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.00% 17.93% 23.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 325 637
10th Percentile £205 £237 £203
25th Percentile £340 £400 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -6.25%
75th Percentile £569 £594 £560
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 71
10th Percentile £18.23 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £24.94 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £56.80 £59.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -5.60% +38.89%
75th Percentile £84.50 £62.81 £71.90
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -1.43% -38.04% +125.96%

CATAPAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CATAPAN job vacancy trend in the South East

CATAPAN
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

CATAPAN
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 CATAPAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hampshire -15 4 £500 -13.04%
CATAPAN
England

CATAPAN
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
2 3 (75.00%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (75.00%) Network Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper