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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 419 583
Rank change year-on-year -144 +164 -28
Contract jobs citing ATM 27 113 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.36% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 2.79% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 90 17
10th Percentile £130 £135 -
25th Percentile £146 £140 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £160 £568
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -71.81% +62.14%
75th Percentile £181 £519 £619
90th Percentile £468 £607 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £163 £145 £159
% change year-on-year +12.52% -8.52% -54.71%
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 4,031 4,047 6,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.49% 13.03% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,663 2,353 3,725
10th Percentile £204 £213 £206
25th Percentile £356 £360 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.37%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 138 408
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.78 £21.46 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -32.50% +142.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £69.13 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £31.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.44% -43.49% +177.08%

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 2 February 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 11 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 2 February 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 -123 27 £163 +12.52% 22
England -132 24 £163 +1.98% 29
North of England -64 15 £163 +12.52% 11
North West -32 9 £313 +123.21% 6
South East -28 5 £130 -23.29% 2
North East -11 4 £163 -4.02% 1
East Midlands -22 4 £155 -6.10% 4
Midlands -58 4 £155 +10.66% 5
Scotland -6 3 £163 -18.42% 2
Yorkshire -68 2 £155 +3.29% 4
Work from Home -24 1 £492 -19.67% 4

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
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) ATM Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) EPoS Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) IT Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Trainee
5 2 (7.41%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Break Fix Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) REST
1 4 (14.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Driving Licence
2 10 (37.04%) 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 13 (48.15%) 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%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (3.70%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) DBS Check
2 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) NCR
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft