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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 433 556
Rank change year-on-year -177 +123 -78
Contract jobs citing ATM 31 90 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.31% 0.068%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 2.48% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 71 21
10th Percentile £142 £140 -
25th Percentile £147 £150 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £160 £144
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +11.11% -47.64%
75th Percentile £538 £200 £619
90th Percentile - £500 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £155 £160 £126
% change year-on-year -2.91% +26.98% -24.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £18.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 - -

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 4,756 3,624 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.72% 12.60% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,917 2,243 3,264
10th Percentile £263 £213 £206
25th Percentile £400 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £481
% change year-on-year +2.70% -3.90% +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 158 418
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.42 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.88 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% -0.85% +118.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.86 £30.32 £45.88
% change year-on-year +11.68% -33.91% +162.17%

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 29 May 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 12 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 29 May 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
England -169 30 £155 -2.91% 15
UK excluding London -153 25 £155 -2.91% 11
South East -62 17 £525 +228.13% 6
London -82 5 - - 6
North of England -84 4 £147 -8.31% 1
East Midlands -27 2 £147 -43.36%
North West -38 2 £147 -8.31%
Midlands -63 2 £147 -2.20%
Scotland -12 1 - - 2
North East -27 1 £155 -22.33% 1
South West -39 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -60 1 £147 -8.31%

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) NonStop SQL
General
1 13 (41.94%) Retail
2 4 (12.90%) Military
2 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) EPoS Engineer
1 8 (25.81%) Service Manager
1 8 (25.81%) Service Transition Manager
1 8 (25.81%) Transition Manager
2 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) BASE24 Consultant
3 1 (3.23%) BASE24 Developer
3 1 (3.23%) Consultant
3 1 (3.23%) Developer
3 1 (3.23%) Systems Developer
3 1 (3.23%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (64.52%) EPoS
2 10 (32.26%) Smartphone
3 8 (25.81%) Driving Licence
4 2 (6.45%) Tandem
5 1 (3.23%) EMV
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Service Delivery
2 4 (12.90%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
2 4 (12.90%) Service Management
2 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.23%) Cryptography
3 1 (3.23%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (3.23%) Key Management
3 1 (3.23%) Migration
3 1 (3.23%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) C
1 2 (6.45%) C++
1 2 (6.45%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) COBOL
2 1 (3.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) DBS Check
2 4 (12.90%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO 8583
1 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) HP