Value-Added Service Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Value-Added Service
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Value-Added Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Value-Added Service 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Value-Added Service 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 2,581 2,014 3,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.19% 15.91% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 1,237 2,094
10th Percentile £204 £200 £202
25th Percentile £356 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £480
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 127 346
10th Percentile £15.52 £14.67 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -38.38% +145.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +16.94% - +97.37%

Value-Added Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Value-Added Service job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Value-Added Service
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Value-Added Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Value-Added Service

Value-Added Service
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Value-Added Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Value-Added Service

Value-Added Service
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 Value-Added Service within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 2
Value-Added Service
UK

Value-Added Service
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow