Internet Contract Job Trends in the South West

Internet
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 110 150
Rank change year-on-year -42 +40 -26
Contract jobs citing Internet 4 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.11% 0.11% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 0.75% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £298
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year -60.23% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - £615
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £14.85 - £70.66
England median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £21.00
% change year-on-year +26.76% -32.38% -6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Internet 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 276 265 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 7.72% 15.09% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 176 352
10th Percentile £213 £235 £314
25th Percentile £413 £397 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 3 42
10th Percentile £12.98 £13.09 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.33 £14.85 £15.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £17.79 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +237.27% -66.59% +443.32%
75th Percentile £71.50 £41.40 £71.10
90th Percentile £75.00 £55.56 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.96 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -27.60% -12.82% +141.47%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the South West

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internet

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internet

Internet
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Somerset -15 3 £175 - 5
Wiltshire -11 1 - -
Internet
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Publishing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Officer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Copywriting
2 2 (50.00%) Data Entry
3 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Facilities Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Dell