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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 488 500
Rank change year-on-year -136 +12 +114
Contract jobs citing ATM 65 69 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.27% 1.81% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 59 45
10th Percentile - £146 £145
25th Percentile - £146 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £160 £200
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -20.00% +26.58%
75th Percentile £538 £318 £613
90th Percentile £800 £468 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £155 £160 £165
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.03% +31.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £155.00 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £155.34 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £155.00 - -

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 5,124 3,805 4,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.34% 11.55% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,966 2,363 2,666
10th Percentile £233 £225 £225
25th Percentile £393 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 199 252
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.74 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.59% -25.89% -0.26%

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 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ATM over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ATM in the UK

ATM
Top 15 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 September 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 -122 62 £155 -2.91% 52
UK excluding London -130 44 £155 -2.91% 44
South East -57 23 £525 +228.13% 12
London -67 20 £155 -2.91% 13
South West -38 7 £155 +3.56% 9
North of England -83 6 £155 -4.79% 9
Scotland -21 3 £155 -4.79% 1
Midlands -51 3 £155 -4.79% 5
East Midlands -15 2 £155 -4.79% 3
East of England -24 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -40 2 £155 -2.91% 6
North East -51 2 £155 -4.79%
North West -63 2 £155 -49.74% 3
West Midlands -50 1 £155 -52.69% 2
Work from Home -69 1 - - 3

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 3 (4.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (3.08%) BASE24
3 1 (1.54%) Postilion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) NonStop SQL
General
1 34 (52.31%) Back Office
2 16 (24.62%) Retail
3 7 (10.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Military
4 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Banking
5 2 (3.08%) Finance
6 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (61.54%) EPoS Engineer
2 5 (7.69%) Service Manager
2 5 (7.69%) Service Transition Manager
2 5 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (7.69%) Transition Manager
3 1 (1.54%) Architect
3 1 (1.54%) BASE24 Consultant
3 1 (1.54%) BASE24 Developer
3 1 (1.54%) Consultant
3 1 (1.54%) Developer
3 1 (1.54%) Lead
3 1 (1.54%) Senior
3 1 (1.54%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (1.54%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.54%) Systems Developer
3 1 (1.54%) Technical Leader
3 1 (1.54%) Test Technician
3 1 (1.54%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) CSS
1 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (76.92%) EPoS
2 40 (61.54%) Driving Licence
3 10 (15.38%) Smartphone
4 3 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.08%) EMV
5 2 (3.08%) Tandem
6 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (7.69%) Service Delivery
3 3 (4.62%) AI
3 3 (4.62%) LLM
3 3 (4.62%) Matrix Organization
3 3 (4.62%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 3 (4.62%) Project Delivery
3 3 (4.62%) Requirements Management
3 3 (4.62%) Service Management
3 3 (4.62%) SysML
3 3 (4.62%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (4.62%) UML
3 3 (4.62%) Use Case
3 3 (4.62%) Validation
3 3 (4.62%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (3.08%) Mentoring
5 1 (1.54%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (1.54%) High Availability
5 1 (1.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (1.54%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) C
1 2 (3.08%) C++
1 2 (3.08%) Java
2 1 (1.54%) COBOL
2 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (61.54%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.62%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (4.62%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) HNC
3 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (3.08%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (4.62%) Sparx
2 2 (3.08%) HP