OpenConfig Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

OpenConfig
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenConfig skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenConfig 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.060% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £450 £725
% change year-on-year - -37.93% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

OpenConfig falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,310 2,648 3,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.23% 17.92% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,173 1,648 2,360
10th Percentile £333 £340 £325
25th Percentile £403 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £686 £678
UK median daily rate £508 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 64 135
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £40.12
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.57 £46.18
Median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.31 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +19.05% -19.23%

OpenConfig
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

OpenConfig job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OpenConfig
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 OpenConfig within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 December 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 - 2 - -
OpenConfig
UK

OpenConfig
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) TACACS
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (100.00%) RESTCONF
1 2 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft