ADSL Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ADSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 328 382
Rank change year-on-year -66 +54 +92
Contract jobs citing ADSL 2 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.086% 0.031%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.092% 0.54% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 2
10th Percentile £723 £219 £200
25th Percentile £738 - £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £220 £379
Median % change year-on-year +252.27% -41.88% +44.21%
75th Percentile £813 - £490
90th Percentile £828 £232 £556
UK median daily rate £775 £220 £425
% change year-on-year +252.27% -48.24% +38.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +40.74% -40.00%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £13.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £19.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year - +40.74% -40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

ADSL 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,163 2,233 3,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.01% 16.08% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 1,256 2,022
10th Percentile £200 £190 £205
25th Percentile £300 £310 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £471 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -0.79% +3.26%
75th Percentile £560 £580 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £681
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 108 265
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.22 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.64 £27.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.79 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.69% -46.57% +173.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.75 £65.98
90th Percentile £78.00 £71.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +9.23% -42.47% +125.96%

ADSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ADSL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ADSL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ADSL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ADSL

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ADSL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ADSL

ADSL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East -6 2 £775 - 1
ADSL
UK

ADSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) ThingWorx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management