Internet Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internet
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 310 250
Rank change year-on-year -87 -60 +19
Contract jobs citing Internet 81 73 118
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.46% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.77% 3.45% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 39 56
10th Percentile £322 £357 £165
25th Percentile £422 £391 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £597 £550 £588
90th Percentile £669 £585 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +2.50% -5.21% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 9
10th Percentile £11.46 £15.42 £17.95
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £16.18 £16.00 £24.20
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% -33.88% +27.37%
75th Percentile £22.28 £16.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £23.75 - £74.00
UK median hourly rate £17.63 £16.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +10.16% -32.77% +12.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Internet 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 2,926 2,113 2,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.39% 13.32% 14.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,612 1,363 1,392
10th Percentile £213 £192 £200
25th Percentile £352 £301 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% +4.86%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £643 £659
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 131 155
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.43
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.15 £24.97
Median hourly rate £26.14 £41.94 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.67% -23.75% -4.21%
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £66.01
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -7.14% -27.92% -14.04%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Internet
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 Internet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
North of England -78 19 £475 -5.00% 90
Midlands -47 16 £594 +34.45% 38
West Midlands -49 16 £594 +5.56% 25
South East -63 14 £550 +4.76% 77
Wales - 12 - - 7
Yorkshire -25 10 £479 -8.76% 33
North West -56 9 £399 -16.11% 52
South West -23 7 £575 +30.68% 41
Scotland -27 7 - - 25
Northern Ireland +2 4 - - 8
East of England -25 3 £500 +11.11% 20
Internet
UK

Internet
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 4 (4.94%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.70%) Apache
2 3 (3.70%) IBM HTTP Server
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.70%) nginx
2 3 (3.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 3 (3.70%) Tomcat
2 3 (3.70%) WebLogic
2 3 (3.70%) WebLogic Portal
2 3 (3.70%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (3.70%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (2.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Maximo
1 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.75%) Azure
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.41%) AWS
4 5 (6.17%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.47%) GCP
6 2 (2.47%) GitHub
6 2 (2.47%) IaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.23%) Akamai
7 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.23%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.23%) OCI
7 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.22%) Firewall
2 17 (20.99%) VPN
3 15 (18.52%) Network Security
4 13 (16.05%) LAN
5 11 (13.58%) DNS
5 11 (13.58%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (12.35%) WAN
7 9 (11.11%) SD-WAN
7 9 (11.11%) Wireless
8 7 (8.64%) BGP
8 7 (8.64%) TCP/IP
9 6 (7.41%) IPsec
9 6 (7.41%) OSPF
10 5 (6.17%) 5G
10 5 (6.17%) DHCP
10 5 (6.17%) HTTP
10 5 (6.17%) MPLS
10 5 (6.17%) SSL
11 4 (4.94%) Broadband
11 4 (4.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Big Data
1 3 (3.70%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (3.70%) GIS
2 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.23%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.23%) Gatling
2 1 (1.23%) GitLab
2 1 (1.23%) Maven
General
1 24 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Welsh Language
3 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.70%) Finance
6 3 (3.70%) Marketing
6 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Publishing
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Banking
8 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.58%) Architect
3 7 (8.64%) Analyst
4 5 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (4.94%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Business Architect
6 3 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support
6 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Senior
6 3 (3.70%) Telephony Engineer
7 2 (2.47%) Business Development Executive
7 2 (2.47%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (2.47%) Online Data Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Platform Specialist
7 2 (2.47%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (2.47%) Support Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (2.47%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.94%) Node.js
3 3 (3.70%) Middleware
4 2 (2.47%) SAML
4 2 (2.47%) Terraform
5 1 (1.23%) .NET
5 1 (1.23%) OAuth
5 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.23%) OpenID
5 1 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (1.23%) Playwright
5 1 (1.23%) REST
5 1 (1.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 5 (6.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.94%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.94%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.94%) Social Media
5 3 (3.70%) IoT
5 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.70%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.23%) Grid Computing
7 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.23%) SCADA
7 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.05%) Windows
2 5 (6.17%) Linux
3 4 (4.94%) Android
4 3 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.47%) Unix
6 1 (1.23%) macOS
6 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) AI
2 16 (19.75%) Speech Recognition
3 14 (17.28%) Migration
4 11 (13.58%) Roadmaps
4 11 (13.58%) Zero Trust
5 9 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (9.88%) Agile
6 8 (9.88%) ITIL
7 7 (8.64%) CRM
7 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (8.64%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.64%) Security Architecture
7 7 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (7.41%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (6.17%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (6.17%) DevOps
9 5 (6.17%) Network Segmentation
9 5 (6.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 6 (7.41%) Python
2 3 (3.70%) Java
2 3 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.70%) SQL
3 2 (2.47%) Perl
3 2 (2.47%) VBScript
4 1 (1.23%) Bicep
4 1 (1.23%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (17.28%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.81%) CCNP
3 9 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
5 7 (8.64%) CCIE
6 6 (7.41%) Degree
7 5 (6.17%) CISSP
8 4 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.70%) A+ Certification
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.47%) BC Cleared
10 2 (2.47%) CCIE Wireless
10 2 (2.47%) CCNA
10 2 (2.47%) CWDP
10 2 (2.47%) CWNA
10 2 (2.47%) CWNE
10 2 (2.47%) CWSP
11 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.64%) QA
2 5 (6.17%) SLA
3 2 (2.47%) NIST
4 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) FortiGate
1 4 (4.94%) SCCM
2 3 (3.70%) CASB
2 3 (3.70%) Grafana
2 3 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.47%) Ansible
3 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.23%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.23%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) Cisco
2 16 (19.75%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.88%) Zscaler
4 5 (6.17%) F5
4 5 (6.17%) IBM
4 5 (6.17%) Palo Alto
5 4 (4.94%) Aruba
5 4 (4.94%) Ekahau
5 4 (4.94%) Oracle
5 4 (4.94%) Splunk
6 2 (2.47%) Arista
6 2 (2.47%) BT
6 2 (2.47%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.47%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.47%) McAfee
6 2 (2.47%) Moogsoft
6 2 (2.47%) Openreach
6 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.47%) SAP
6 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow