Internet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Internet
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 260 269
Rank change year-on-year -34 +9 -41
Contract jobs citing Internet 111 202 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.83% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.16% 5.50% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 133 211
10th Percentile £184 £176 £154
25th Percentile £250 £250 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +6.16%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £550
90th Percentile £738 £600 £688
UK median daily rate £450 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 18
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.81 £13.47
Median hourly rate £14.00 £18.91 £16.55
Median % change year-on-year -25.97% +14.24% -1.18%
75th Percentile £60.75 £28.69 £24.13
90th Percentile £70.66 £34.48 £47.70
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +42.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,518 3,674 4,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.90% 15.07% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,015 2,337 2,692
10th Percentile £202 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year - +10.59% +7.38%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £540
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% +3.60% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 345 242
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £9.80 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year +156.76% -13.65% -14.30%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.66 £72.72 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.88
% change year-on-year +110.53% -31.84% +1.36%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

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 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

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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 18 April 2024. 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
Midlands +45 28 £675 +22.73% 62
South East -6 27 £400 -5.88% 61
West Midlands +39 19 £750 +25.00% 32
Scotland +24 18 £189 -52.81% 21
South West -7 15 £475 +11.76% 47
East of England +8 11 £475 -7.32% 28
East Midlands +17 9 £250 -33.33% 30
North of England +7 8 £325 -31.58% 91
Yorkshire +9 5 £325 -35.00% 24
North West +2 3 £275 -35.29% 61
Northern Ireland +2 3 £563 +155.68% 6
Wales +16 1 £285 -24.00% 9
Internet
UK

Internet
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.80%) IIS
3 1 (0.90%) Apache
3 1 (0.90%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.80%) InVision
3 2 (1.80%) Sketch
4 1 (0.90%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.70%) AWS
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.80%) Azure
2 2 (1.80%) Figma
2 2 (1.80%) IaaS
3 1 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.90%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.90%) PaaS
3 1 (0.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.12%) MPLS
1 19 (17.12%) WAN
2 17 (15.32%) Firewall
3 15 (13.51%) LAN
4 11 (9.91%) VPN
5 10 (9.01%) DNS
6 9 (8.11%) SD-WAN
6 9 (8.11%) WLAN
7 8 (7.21%) Ethernet
7 8 (7.21%) VoIP
8 7 (6.31%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (5.41%) PBX
9 6 (5.41%) SAN
9 6 (5.41%) TCP/IP
9 6 (5.41%) Wireless
10 5 (4.50%) Broadband
10 5 (4.50%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (4.50%) DHCP
10 5 (4.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.90%) GIS
2 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.90%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.90%) GitLab
3 1 (0.90%) GoCD
3 1 (0.90%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.90%) Zephyr
General
1 31 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.82%) Telecoms
3 18 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.91%) Finance
5 7 (6.31%) Legal
5 7 (6.31%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.41%) Electronics
7 5 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.60%) Automotive
8 4 (3.60%) Banking
9 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Law
9 3 (2.70%) Military
10 2 (1.80%) Marketing
11 1 (0.90%) German Language
11 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (11.71%) Architect
2 12 (10.81%) Support Engineer
3 9 (8.11%) Network Engineer
4 8 (7.21%) Analyst
4 8 (7.21%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) Desktop Support
5 7 (6.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) IT Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (5.41%) IT Support
6 6 (5.41%) Software Engineer
6 6 (5.41%) Support Officer
7 5 (4.50%) Administrator
7 5 (4.50%) Embedded Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.50%) Network Architect
7 5 (4.50%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.50%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.31%) Web Services
2 3 (2.70%) Blazor
2 3 (2.70%) OpenGL
2 3 (2.70%) WebRTC
3 2 (1.80%) RESTful
3 2 (1.80%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.90%) .NET
4 1 (0.90%) HTML
4 1 (0.90%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.90%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.51%) IoT
2 11 (9.91%) Data Centre
3 10 (9.01%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.50%) Device Driver
5 5 (4.50%) PCIe
5 5 (4.50%) Verilog
5 5 (4.50%) VHDL
6 3 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.70%) CUDA
6 3 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.70%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.70%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) CMDB
7 2 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.80%) SCADA
7 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.80%) Tandem
8 1 (0.90%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.90%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.32%) Windows
2 11 (9.91%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.11%) Linux
4 5 (4.50%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (4.50%) VxWorks
5 3 (2.70%) Unix
6 2 (1.80%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.90%) Debian
7 1 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.90%) Solaris
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (20.72%) Agile
3 12 (10.81%) Customer Service
3 12 (10.81%) Programme Management
4 11 (9.91%) Asset Management
4 11 (9.91%) ITIL
4 11 (9.91%) Network Architecture
5 10 (9.01%) Service Delivery
5 10 (9.01%) Software Engineering
6 9 (8.11%) Configuration Management
6 9 (8.11%) Migration
6 9 (8.11%) Project Delivery
6 9 (8.11%) Validation
7 8 (7.21%) Analytics
7 8 (7.21%) CI/CD
7 8 (7.21%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (7.21%) Project Management
7 8 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.21%) Time Management
8 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.50%) C
1 5 (4.50%) Embedded C
2 4 (3.60%) C++
2 4 (3.60%) Java
2 4 (3.60%) Python
3 3 (2.70%) C#
3 3 (2.70%) Embedded C++
3 3 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.70%) SQL
4 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (22.52%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.72%) SC Cleared
3 19 (17.12%) Degree
4 7 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.50%) BC Cleared
5 5 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.50%) CCIE
5 5 (4.50%) CCIE Data Center
5 5 (4.50%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.60%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.80%) CISM
8 2 (1.80%) CISSP
9 1 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.90%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.90%) CLAS
9 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.90%) CRISC
9 1 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.90%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) QA
2 6 (5.41%) SLA
3 5 (4.50%) MISRA
3 5 (4.50%) MISRA C
4 3 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (1.80%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.80%) NIST
5 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.80%) WCAG
6 1 (0.90%) COBIT
6 1 (0.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.90%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.90%) NCSC
6 1 (0.90%) RMADS
System Software
1 12 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (8.11%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.41%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (4.50%) Firmware
5 2 (1.80%) vSphere
6 1 (0.90%) NFS
6 1 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Ansible
2 2 (1.80%) SCOM
2 2 (1.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) SCOrch
3 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (18.02%) Cisco
2 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.51%) VMware
3 7 (6.31%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.50%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.50%) CheckPoint
4 5 (4.50%) Infoblox
4 5 (4.50%) Intel
4 5 (4.50%) Juniper
4 5 (4.50%) Openreach
4 5 (4.50%) Symantec
4 5 (4.50%) Zscaler
5 3 (2.70%) BT
5 3 (2.70%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.70%) NVIDIA
5 3 (2.70%) Oracle
5 3 (2.70%) SAP
6 2 (1.80%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (1.80%) Nokia
6 2 (1.80%) Virgin Media