Tactical Data Link Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Tactical Data Link
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Tactical Data Link skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 - 392
Rank change year-on-year - - +101
Contract jobs citing Tactical Data Link 1 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.071%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.045% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £48.31
25th Percentile - - £48.32
Median hourly rate - - £51.89
75th Percentile - - £58.26
90th Percentile - - £60.50
UK median hourly rate - - £51.89
% change year-on-year - - -0.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Tactical Data Link 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 2,245 2,384 3,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.35% 15.97% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,343 2,088
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £319 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £598
90th Percentile £643 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 124 272
10th Percentile £15.42 £16.79 £17.30
25th Percentile £18.28 £21.46 £24.32
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -33.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.88 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £83.38 £73.38 £75.23
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.25 £56.40
% change year-on-year -8.72% -33.95% +37.46%

Tactical Data Link
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Tactical Data Link job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Tactical Data Link
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tactical Data Link.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tactical Data Link

Tactical Data Link
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tactical Data Link.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tactical Data Link

Tactical Data Link
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 Tactical Data Link within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 1 £600 - 2
Tactical Data Link
UK

Tactical Data Link
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared