ATM Contract Job Trends

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ATM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 406 576
Rank change year-on-year -153 +170 +24
Contract jobs citing ATM 27 114 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.36% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 2.81% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 84 10
10th Percentile £130 - £153
25th Percentile £146 £140 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £160 £590
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -72.88% +68.57%
75th Percentile £181 £580 £626
90th Percentile £468 £617 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £163 £145 £568
% change year-on-year +12.52% -74.45% +62.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.33
25th Percentile - - £24.44
Median hourly rate - - £24.75
75th Percentile - - £24.94
90th Percentile - - £24.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.75
% change year-on-year - - +152.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ATM 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 3,871 4,052 5,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 12.87% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 2,354 3,612
10th Percentile £204 £213 £210
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 140 348
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -37.99% +156.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £74.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £57.99
% change year-on-year +29.05% -43.96% +205.21%

ATM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ATM job vacancy trend in the UK

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ATM over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ATM in the UK

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ATM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ATM

ATM
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the UK over the 6 months to 19 January 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
UK excluding London -109 25 £163 +12.52% 8
England -122 24 £163 +1.98% 8
North of England -62 14 £163 +12.52% 5
North West -31 9 £313 +123.21% 3
South East -21 5 £130 -23.29%
North East -11 4 £163 -4.02% 1
Scotland -1 3 £163 -59.84%
Midlands -48 3 £163 +14.50% 3
Work from Home -14 2 £414 -32.49%
East Midlands -26 2 £163 -1.12% 2
London -43 2 £336 -43.96%
West Midlands -41 1 £147 +4.79% 1
Yorkshire -57 1 £163 +8.77% 1

ATM
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:

General
1 4 (14.81%) Banking
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) ATM Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) IT Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) EPoS Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Trainee
5 2 (7.41%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Break Fix Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) REST
1 4 (14.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Driving Licence
2 8 (29.63%) EPoS
3 4 (14.81%) PACS
3 4 (14.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 4 (14.81%) Architecture Roadmap
2 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
2 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (14.81%) Fintech
2 4 (14.81%) Migration
2 4 (14.81%) Requirements Management
2 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
2 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
3 2 (7.41%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
3 2 (7.41%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (7.41%) Project Management
3 2 (7.41%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (3.70%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) DBS Check
2 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) NCR
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft