NsoIT Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

New Style of IT (NsoIT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NsoIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 338 397
Rank change year-on-year -46 +59 +92
Contract jobs citing NsoIT 13 24 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.17% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 20
10th Percentile £531 £490 £513
25th Percentile £613 £542 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £633 £580
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +9.05% +0.87%
75th Percentile £649 £720 £666
90th Percentile £714 £786 £685
UK median daily rate £625 £633 £580
% change year-on-year -1.19% +9.05% +0.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

NsoIT falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,926 14,015 18,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 88.58% 83.82% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,059 8,008 11,881
10th Percentile £220 £247 £250
25th Percentile £368 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 885 1,289
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.50% -21.35% +51.85%
75th Percentile £41.34 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% -20.54% +27.14%

NsoIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

NsoIT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NsoIT
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

NsoIT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NsoIT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NsoIT in the UK excluding London

NsoIT
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

NsoIT
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 NsoIT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 West -2 13 £625 -1.19% 1
NsoIT
UK

NsoIT
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 8 (61.54%) Confluence
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) BGP
2 8 (61.54%) MPLS
2 8 (61.54%) Unified Communications
3 7 (53.85%) DNS
3 7 (53.85%) IPsec
3 7 (53.85%) VPN
4 5 (38.46%) Skype
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) VSAN
6 1 (7.69%) OSPF
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
General
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (92.31%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Telephony Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Switch Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) NETCONF
1 7 (53.85%) RESTCONF
2 2 (15.38%) ModSecurity
3 1 (7.69%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) PKI
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (15.38%) Private Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) CentOS
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Service Management
2 10 (76.92%) Critical Thinking
2 10 (76.92%) System Testing
3 8 (61.54%) Network Virtualisation
3 8 (61.54%) Validation
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) ArchiMate
6 1 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) Degree
3 9 (69.23%) CCNP
3 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (15.38%) MCSE
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) VMware ESXi
1 9 (69.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (15.38%) OPNET
2 2 (15.38%) vCenter Server
2 2 (15.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 8 (61.54%) Atlassian
2 8 (61.54%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Red Hat