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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 506 499
Rank change year-on-year -32 -7 +181
Contract jobs citing Broadband 36 58 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.93% 1.30% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 74
10th Percentile £257 £220 £345
25th Percentile £322 £230 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £459 £497
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% -7.55% -5.43%
75th Percentile £620 £610 £600
90th Percentile £638 £630 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £440 £486
% change year-on-year +13.64% -9.47% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £12.82 - £66.35
25th Percentile £13.76 - £69.04
Median hourly rate £14.69 £65.00 £77.05
Median % change year-on-year -77.40% -15.64% +124.96%
75th Percentile £21.04 - £84.04
90th Percentile £23.95 - £86.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.83 - £85.00

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 3,853 4,467 6,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.46% 12.08% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,486 2,560 4,087
10th Percentile £213 £223 £213
25th Percentile £356 £363 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -4.53% +2.15% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 168 331
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.13 £26.25 £22.63
Median hourly rate £35.00 £48.03 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -27.13% -14.84% +41.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.22 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.56% -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 25 October 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 25 October 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 25 October 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 -26 30 £500 +8.93% 631
UK excluding London -33 28 £500 +13.64% 643
Work from Home +17 14 £498 +10.56% 618
South East -3 10 £620 +24.00% 231
Midlands -24 10 £375 - 48
London -7 5 £700 +18.64% 126
West Midlands -21 5 £396 - 20
East Midlands - 5 £165 - 28
Yorkshire -26 4 £243 +10.23% 56
North of England -40 4 £243 -27.61% 118
Wales - 2 - - 38
Scotland -2 1 - - 60
East of England - 1 £325 - 102

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 1 (2.78%) CMS
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.78%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle BRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) AWS
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (2.78%) GCP
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Wireless
2 3 (8.33%) Firewall
2 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.56%) BGP
3 2 (5.56%) Internet
3 2 (5.56%) LAN
3 2 (5.56%) OSPF
3 2 (5.56%) VoIP
3 2 (5.56%) WAN
4 1 (2.78%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.78%) GPRS
4 1 (2.78%) GSM
4 1 (2.78%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.78%) IPsec
4 1 (2.78%) MPLS
4 1 (2.78%) Network Security
4 1 (2.78%) PSTN
4 1 (2.78%) VLAN
4 1 (2.78%) VPN
4 1 (2.78%) WLAN
General
1 20 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Retail
4 2 (5.56%) Banking
4 2 (5.56%) Games
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Billing
5 1 (2.78%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
5 1 (2.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (13.89%) Project Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Analyst
2 3 (8.33%) Change and Release Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Change Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Compliance Project Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Lead
2 3 (8.33%) Release Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Sales Executive
2 3 (8.33%) Senior
2 3 (8.33%) Supplier Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Copywriter
3 2 (5.56%) Customer Service Advisor
3 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (5.56%) IT Engineer
3 2 (5.56%) Support Analyst
3 2 (5.56%) Team Leader
3 2 (5.56%) Technical Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.78%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.78%) Spring
2 1 (2.78%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.78%) IPTV
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.78%) Unix
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Agile
1 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (16.67%) Waterfall
3 5 (13.89%) CRM
4 4 (11.11%) Change Management
4 4 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (11.11%) Project Management
4 4 (11.11%) Validation
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
5 3 (8.33%) B2B Sales
5 3 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.33%) Defect Management
5 3 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 3 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (8.33%) Test Management
5 3 (8.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) Groovy
2 1 (2.78%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Scala
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) CCNP
1 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (2.78%) ACCA
3 1 (2.78%) CIMA
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.78%) HNC
3 1 (2.78%) HND
3 1 (2.78%) JNCIA
3 1 (2.78%) Novell Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) BitLocker
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) BT
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle
2 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) Aruba
3 1 (2.78%) BMC
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco
3 1 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) Juniper
3 1 (2.78%) Meraki
3 1 (2.78%) Openreach
3 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Pega
3 1 (2.78%) SAP
3 1 (2.78%) Toshiba
3 1 (2.78%) VMware