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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 353 405
Rank change year-on-year +40 +52 +98
Contract jobs citing ATM 54 22 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.12% 0.082%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.48% 0.79% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 10 10
10th Percentile £146 - £104
25th Percentile £150 £126 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £145 £126
Median % change year-on-year +10.73% +14.86% -64.06%
75th Percentile - £318 £150
90th Percentile £450 £614 £345
UK median daily rate £160 £145 £158
% change year-on-year +10.34% -8.23% -64.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -

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 2,176 2,795 3,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.19% 15.27% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,640 2,140
10th Percentile £204 £206 £205
25th Percentile £331 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £457
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.36% +1.60%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £575
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 276 190
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.56 £20.50
Median hourly rate £43.25 £54.88 £56.91
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% -3.58% +116.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £87.50 £75.00 £76.19
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £49.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -5.61% -9.26% +54.29%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +41 25 £160 +10.34% 2
South West - 10 £150 - 2
North of England -12 8 £160 +26.98% 6
North West -9 5 £147 +16.43%
Scotland -9 4 £160 -73.88% 4
Midlands -10 4 £259 - 3
Yorkshire - 3 £160 - 5
West Midlands -12 2 £328 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £259 - 2
Wales - 2 £160 - 2
East of England +8 1 £160 -35.22% 3
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 4 (7.41%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) Frame Relay
1 13 (24.07%) SDH
2 11 (20.37%) Ethernet
2 11 (20.37%) GPRS
2 11 (20.37%) GSM
2 11 (20.37%) LAN
2 11 (20.37%) LTE
2 11 (20.37%) MPLS
2 11 (20.37%) SAN
2 11 (20.37%) UMTS
2 11 (20.37%) VPN
2 11 (20.37%) WAN
2 11 (20.37%) Wireshark
3 2 (3.70%) VoIP
4 1 (1.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Eclipse
1 1 (1.85%) VersaTest
General
1 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.26%) Finance
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (61.11%) IT Engineer
2 22 (40.74%) EPoS Engineer
3 12 (22.22%) ATM Engineer
3 12 (22.22%) Field Engineer
3 12 (22.22%) Field Service Engineer
4 10 (18.52%) IP Engineer
5 9 (16.67%) Test Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Network Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Architect
7 3 (5.56%) BASE24 Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) IP Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) IP Network Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Lead
8 2 (3.70%) Lead Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (62.96%) EPoS
2 11 (20.37%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (18.52%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.56%) EMV
5 2 (3.70%) Tandem
6 1 (1.85%) APACS
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.37%) Linux
1 11 (20.37%) Unix
2 6 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.07%) Customer Service
3 12 (22.22%) Project Management
4 11 (20.37%) Fault Management
4 11 (20.37%) Regression Testing
4 11 (20.37%) Test Strategy
5 6 (11.11%) Break/Fix
6 3 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.70%) Agile
7 2 (3.70%) Mentoring
7 2 (3.70%) Migration
7 2 (3.70%) Regulatory Change
8 1 (1.85%) Architectural Design
8 1 (1.85%) Customer Experience
8 1 (1.85%) Front End Development
8 1 (1.85%) High Availability
8 1 (1.85%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (1.85%) Project Delivery
8 1 (1.85%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (1.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) Java
2 4 (7.41%) COBOL
3 2 (3.70%) C++
4 1 (1.85%) C
4 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (40.74%) DBS Check
2 11 (20.37%) CCNP
2 11 (20.37%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (20.37%) ISEB
2 11 (20.37%) ISTQB
2 11 (20.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) ISO 8583
1 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Cisco
1 11 (20.37%) Juniper
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) HP