Broadband Contract Job Trends

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Broadband skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 498 439
Rank change year-on-year -30 -59 +249
Contract jobs citing Broadband 42 53 191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 1.20% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 72
10th Percentile £240 £220 £326
25th Percentile £325 £228 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £497
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.47% -1.68%
75th Percentile £601 £611 £600
90th Percentile £627 £630 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £433 £479
% change year-on-year +15.61% -9.61% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £12.82 - £28.28
25th Percentile £13.76 - £34.33
Median hourly rate £20.83 - £46.80
75th Percentile £23.68 - £61.43
90th Percentile £26.87 - £68.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.83 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Broadband 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 4,020 4,410 6,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.32% 12.04% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,606 2,546 4,097
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £358 £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 £453 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 166 342
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.83 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.63 £22.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £46.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% -15.91% +30.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.00% -11.49% +25.53%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the UK

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
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 Broadband within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England -43 37 £550 +22.36% 562
UK excluding London -38 33 £500 +15.61% 480
South East -2 15 £606 +0.92% 207
Work from Home +13 13 £438 +2.94% 493
Midlands -22 10 £375 - 30
London -3 7 £600 -1.64% 135
West Midlands -25 5 £396 - 12
East Midlands - 5 £165 - 17
Yorkshire -35 4 £243 +10.23% 40
North of England -49 4 £243 -42.94% 108
Wales - 2 - - 33
Scotland -3 1 - - 14
East of England - 1 £325 - 64

Broadband
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.14%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Oracle BRM
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) GCP
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) VPN
1 4 (9.52%) WAN
2 3 (7.14%) 5G
2 3 (7.14%) GPRS
2 3 (7.14%) GSM
2 3 (7.14%) MPLS
2 3 (7.14%) NaaS
2 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 3 (7.14%) Wireless
3 2 (4.76%) Firewall
3 2 (4.76%) Internet
3 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.76%) VoIP
4 1 (2.38%) BGP
4 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.38%) Network Security
4 1 (2.38%) OSPF
4 1 (2.38%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.38%) VLAN
General
1 23 (54.76%) Telecoms
2 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Billing
4 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Retail
5 2 (4.76%) Banking
5 2 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Games
5 2 (4.76%) Local Government
6 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Senior
2 5 (11.90%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Change and Release Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Change Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Compliance Project Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Release Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Sales Executive
4 3 (7.14%) Solutions Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Supplier Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 2 (4.76%) IT Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Lead
5 2 (4.76%) Technical Copywriter
5 2 (4.76%) Telecoms Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.38%) Spring
2 1 (2.38%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Cloud Native
1 4 (9.52%) Virtual Team
2 3 (7.14%) IPTV
2 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Unix
2 2 (4.76%) Windows
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (26.19%) Agile
3 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.29%) CRM
4 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 5 (11.90%) Project Management
5 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 4 (9.52%) Change Management
6 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
6 4 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (9.52%) Problem Management
6 4 (9.52%) Programme Management
6 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 4 (9.52%) Validation
6 4 (9.52%) Virtual Team Management
7 3 (7.14%) Business Case
7 3 (7.14%) Business Strategy
7 3 (7.14%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) Java
2 3 (7.14%) PL/SQL
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (2.38%) Groovy
3 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
3 1 (2.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.14%) CCNP
2 3 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.76%) CCNA
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) CCIE
4 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.38%) HNC
4 1 (2.38%) HND
4 1 (2.38%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) QA
2 5 (11.90%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.38%) BitLocker
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
1 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Oracle
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) BT
3 3 (7.14%) Cisco
3 3 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 3 (7.14%) Juniper
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) BMC
4 1 (2.38%) Ericsson
4 1 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) Nokia
4 1 (2.38%) Openreach
4 1 (2.38%) Toshiba
4 1 (2.38%) VMware