Broadband Contract Job Trends

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Broadband skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 531 533
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +158
Contract jobs citing Broadband 38 42 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.00% 0.93% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 66
10th Percentile - £228 £325
25th Percentile £250 £274 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -10.71% +6.67%
75th Percentile £620 £621 £604
90th Percentile £638 £630 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £434 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -8.68% - +6.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £13.80 - £29.17
25th Percentile £13.81 - £51.92
Median hourly rate £14.69 £65.00 £69.55
Median % change year-on-year -77.40% -6.54% +46.42%
75th Percentile £20.94 - £77.11
90th Percentile £23.28 - £83.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.32 - £49.51

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 3,807 4,537 6,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.56% 11.86% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,354 2,642 4,185
10th Percentile £225 £225 £226
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £677 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £452 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -9.70% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 255 300
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £16.77
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.37 £22.94
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +36.12%
75th Percentile £64.69 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +29 36 £434 -13.25% 229
UK excluding London +11 29 £434 -8.68% 252
Work from Home +4 11 £620 +110.17% 98
South East +22 10 £620 +24.00% 45
Midlands - 9 £418 - 28
London +15 8 £389 -36.26% 41
East Midlands - 5 £165 - 10
South West +23 4 £250 -15.25% 29
Yorkshire -7 4 £243 -57.83% 31
North of England -12 4 £243 -17.80% 84
West Midlands - 4 £434 - 17
East of England +5 1 £325 +51.16% 12
Scotland - 1 - - 37

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) CMS
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) AWS
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Step Functions
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
3 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Firewall
1 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.53%) BGP
2 4 (10.53%) Internet
2 4 (10.53%) LAN
2 4 (10.53%) OSPF
2 4 (10.53%) WAN
2 4 (10.53%) Wireless
3 3 (7.89%) HSRP
3 3 (7.89%) IPsec
3 3 (7.89%) LTE
3 3 (7.89%) MPLS
3 3 (7.89%) SD-WAN
3 3 (7.89%) WLAN
4 2 (5.26%) VoIP
5 1 (2.63%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.63%) IP Telephony
5 1 (2.63%) Network Security
5 1 (2.63%) PSTN
5 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) DynamoDB
General
1 22 (57.89%) Telecoms
2 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Finance
3 3 (7.89%) Retail
4 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Billing
5 1 (2.63%) Games
5 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (13.16%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.53%) Coordinator
2 4 (10.53%) Project Coordinator
2 4 (10.53%) Senior
3 3 (7.89%) Analyst
3 3 (7.89%) Change and Release Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Change Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Compliance Project Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Release Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Supplier Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Telecoms Manager
3 3 (7.89%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Support Analyst
5 1 (2.63%) Customer Service Advisor
5 1 (2.63%) Field Sales Executive
5 1 (2.63%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) GraphQL
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.63%) AWS CDK
2 1 (2.63%) React
2 1 (2.63%) Spring
2 1 (2.63%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Fibre Optics
2 4 (10.53%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Agile
2 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.79%) Waterfall
3 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.53%) Change Management
4 4 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 4 (10.53%) Customer Experience
4 4 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (10.53%) ITIL
4 4 (10.53%) Project Management
4 4 (10.53%) Validation
4 4 (10.53%) Virtual Team Management
5 3 (7.89%) CRM
5 3 (7.89%) Defect Management
5 3 (7.89%) Process Improvement
5 3 (7.89%) Release Management
5 3 (7.89%) Software Delivery
5 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
5 3 (7.89%) Test Management
5 3 (7.89%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Groovy
1 1 (2.63%) Java
1 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.63%) Kotlin
1 1 (2.63%) Python
1 1 (2.63%) Scala
1 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) CCNA
2 4 (10.53%) CCNP
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.89%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.63%) ACCA
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.63%) CIMA
4 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.63%) HNC
4 1 (2.63%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) GDPR
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.63%) BitLocker
1 1 (2.63%) Docker
1 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) BT
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) Aruba
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco
3 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
3 3 (7.89%) Juniper
3 3 (7.89%) Meraki
3 3 (7.89%) Palo Alto
3 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.26%) Openreach
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) BMC
5 1 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) Pega
5 1 (2.63%) SAP
5 1 (2.63%) Toshiba
5 1 (2.63%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.63%) VMware