APPN Contract Job Trends

IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)
UK

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 572 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing APPN 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.050% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

APPN 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,030 4,459 6,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.22% 12.14% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,605 2,577 4,072
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 172 346
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.40 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.59 £22.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -24.71% +29.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.03 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.51% -14.98% +25.53%

APPN
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APPN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

APPN job vacancy trend in the UK

APPN
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing APPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing APPN

APPN
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APPN within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
London - 2 £350 - 2
England - 2 £350 - 2

APPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SNA
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM