X.21 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

X.21
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring X.21 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing X.21 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.069% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

X.21 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 2,891 2,145 2,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.63% 14.12% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,626 1,297 1,639
10th Percentile £213 £200 £205
25th Percentile £371 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £608
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 136 282
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £19.45 £18.27
Median hourly rate £26.66 £45.00 £53.69
Median % change year-on-year -40.76% -16.18% -6.49%
75th Percentile £65.22 £68.17 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.68% +5.26% -5.79%

X.21
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing X.21 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

X.21 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

X.21
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing X.21.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing X.21

X.21
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing X.21.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing X.21

X.21
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 X.21 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Scotland - 2 £270 - 1
X.21
UK

X.21
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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) MIMO
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft