Spanning Tree Contract Job Trends in the South West

Spanning Tree Protocol
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Spanning Tree skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 119 149
Rank change year-on-year -10 +30 +29
Contract jobs citing Spanning Tree 1 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.046% 0.42% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 2.92% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% - -
England median daily rate £500 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +21.21% -8.33% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Spanning Tree 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 263 342 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.20% 14.49% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 210 283
10th Percentile £225 £306 £221
25th Percentile £308 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -2.79% +14.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £676 £729
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 69
10th Percentile £15.62 £11.75 £45.17
25th Percentile £16.71 £12.50 £48.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £64.75 £73.75 £65.98
90th Percentile £66.14 £75.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.00% -11.49% +27.81%

Spanning Tree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Spanning Tree job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 Spanning Tree within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Wiltshire - 1 £500 - 2
Spanning Tree
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco