Openreach Contracts in the South East

Openreach
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 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 Openreach.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 198 215
Rank change year-on-year +49 +17 +49
Contract jobs citing Openreach 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.073% 0.018%
As % of the Vendors category 0.26% 0.16% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £467 - -
25th Percentile £471 £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% +3.00% +85.19%
75th Percentile £501 £528 -
90th Percentile £502 - -
England median daily rate £480 £708 £399
% change year-on-year -32.16% +77.43% +47.69%

All Vendors
South East

Openreach 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 1,566 2,578 2,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.66% 47.03% 49.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 1,578 1,914
10th Percentile £225 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £688 £699
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 182 133
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £16.30
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.81 £20.47
Median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.65%
75th Percentile £59.44 £61.30 £62.50
90th Percentile £72.25 £66.82 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £37.50
% change year-on-year +18.61% -40.53% +75.48%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Openreach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Openreach in the South East

Openreach
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Openreach in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Openreach in the South East

Openreach
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 Openreach within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Berkshire - 3 £488 - 3
Thames Valley - 3 £488 - 5
East Sussex - 1 - - 2
Openreach
England

Openreach
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Billing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) BSS Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) OSS Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) BT
1 3 (75.00%) Virgin Media