ATM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ATM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ATM over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 375 307
Rank change year-on-year +107 -68 +182
Contract jobs citing ATM 71 24 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.12% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.60% 0.70% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 18 12
10th Percentile - - £109
25th Percentile £140 - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £126 £167
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -24.55% -20.48%
75th Percentile £200 £500 £300
90th Percentile £470 £621 £360
UK median daily rate £160 £146 £275
% change year-on-year +9.78% -47.00% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 121
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.25 -
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year - +150.00% -
75th Percentile - £24.75 -
90th Percentile - - £10.63
UK median hourly rate - £24.50 £10.63
% change year-on-year - +130.48% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

ATM 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 1,973 3,448 3,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 16.62% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,978 2,282
10th Percentile £200 £203 £210
25th Percentile £305 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £584
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 360 327
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

ATM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ATM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ATM in the UK excluding London

ATM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ATM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ATM in the UK excluding London

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ATM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ATM in the UK excluding London

ATM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ATM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ATM in the UK excluding London

ATM
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 ATM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +64 24 £300 - 11
North of England +29 16 £160 +26.98% 8
South West +52 10 £150 +1.69% 13
North West +12 8 £140 +11.11% 4
Scotland +15 7 £140 -77.14% 2
Midlands - 7 £150 - 8
Yorkshire - 7 £160 - 4
West Midlands - 4 £140 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £135 -
East Midlands - 3 £259 -
Wales - 3 £160 -
North East - 1 £200 -
ATM
UK

ATM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (11.27%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Apple Pay
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.35%) Frame Relay
1 18 (25.35%) SDH
2 16 (22.54%) Ethernet
2 16 (22.54%) GPRS
2 16 (22.54%) GSM
2 16 (22.54%) LAN
2 16 (22.54%) LTE
2 16 (22.54%) MPLS
2 16 (22.54%) SAN
2 16 (22.54%) UMTS
2 16 (22.54%) VPN
2 16 (22.54%) WAN
2 16 (22.54%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.82%) VoIP
4 1 (1.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) VersaTest
2 1 (1.41%) Eclipse
General
1 31 (43.66%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.63%) Finance
4 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Banking
5 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (43.66%) EPoS Engineer
2 30 (42.25%) IT Engineer
3 15 (21.13%) IP Engineer
4 14 (19.72%) Test Engineer
5 11 (15.49%) Field Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) ATM Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) Field Service Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) IP Network Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Architect
8 4 (5.63%) BASE24 Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Consultant
8 4 (5.63%) Developer
8 4 (5.63%) EPoS Field Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) BASE24 Consultant
9 2 (2.82%) Lead
9 2 (2.82%) Lead Developer
9 2 (2.82%) Network Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Network Consultant
9 2 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Web Services
2 1 (1.41%) Middleware
2 1 (1.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (60.56%) EPoS
2 16 (22.54%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (19.72%) Driving Licence
4 5 (7.04%) Smartphone
5 4 (5.63%) EMV
6 2 (2.82%) Tandem
7 1 (1.41%) APACS
7 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.41%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.54%) Linux
1 16 (22.54%) Unix
2 4 (5.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (23.94%) Project Management
3 16 (22.54%) Fault Management
3 16 (22.54%) Regression Testing
3 16 (22.54%) Test Strategy
4 12 (16.90%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.27%) Break/Fix
6 7 (9.86%) Migration
7 3 (4.23%) Agile
7 3 (4.23%) Regulatory Change
8 2 (2.82%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.82%) Project Delivery
8 2 (2.82%) SDLC
9 1 (1.41%) Business Case
9 1 (1.41%) Front End Development
9 1 (1.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 1 (1.41%) Microservices
9 1 (1.41%) Network Design
9 1 (1.41%) Performance Tuning
9 1 (1.41%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) Java
2 5 (7.04%) COBOL
3 2 (2.82%) C++
4 1 (1.41%) C
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (29.58%) DBS Check
2 16 (22.54%) CCNP
2 16 (22.54%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (22.54%) ISEB
2 16 (22.54%) ISTQB
2 16 (22.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) ISO 8583
2 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Cisco
1 16 (22.54%) Juniper
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) HP
3 2 (2.82%) Apple