ADVA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ADVA
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of ADVA products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ADVA over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, 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 ADVA Optical Networking.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 349 393
Rank change year-on-year - +44 +97
Contract jobs citing ADVA 0 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.015% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £161 £650 -
% change year-on-year -75.19% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £24.33
25th Percentile - £18.50 £24.44
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year - -23.23% +5.32%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £24.94
90th Percentile - - £24.98
UK median hourly rate - £19.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year - -23.23% +5.32%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

ADVA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,481 6,644 9,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.30% 46.15% 46.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,553 3,949 5,739
10th Percentile £220 £215 £209
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 642 348 528
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.92 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -45.76% +101.80%
75th Percentile £44.94 £58.47 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -13.36% -39.17% +73.88%

ADVA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ADVA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ADVA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

ADVA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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