CATAPAN Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CATAPAN
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CATAPAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 365 377
Rank change year-on-year -99 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing CATAPAN 6 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.026% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.20% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £400 £474 £333
25th Percentile £428 £491 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £560 - £488
90th Percentile £609 - -
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +8.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

CATAPAN 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 2,927 2,102 2,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.59% 13.73% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,634 1,278 1,541
10th Percentile £213 £204 £205
25th Percentile £358 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £643 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 140 261
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.56 £18.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.81 £42.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% -22.55% -4.57%
75th Percentile £65.71 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -11.49%

CATAPAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CATAPAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CATAPAN
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CATAPAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CATAPAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CATAPAN in the UK excluding London

CATAPAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CATAPAN
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 CATAPAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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 -58 4 £560 +12.00%
North of England - 2 £400 - 3
North West - 2 £400 - 3
CATAPAN
UK

CATAPAN
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (50.00%) DHCP
4 3 (50.00%) DNS
4 3 (50.00%) IPsec
4 3 (50.00%) SSL
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (33.33%) NGFW
5 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (33.33%) Wireless
6 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Key Management
4 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (33.33%) Network Design
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
4 3 (50.00%) Becrypt
4 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (33.33%) Avaya
5 2 (33.33%) Ekahau
5 2 (33.33%) F5
5 2 (33.33%) Meraki