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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 480 482
Rank change year-on-year -73 +2 +137
Contract jobs citing Broadband 70 50 104
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.55% 1.34% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 36 31
10th Percentile £368 £250 £272
25th Percentile £419 £422 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £510 £581
90th Percentile £600 £563 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £480 £315
% change year-on-year +9.38% +52.38% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 6
10th Percentile - £13.80 £12.28
25th Percentile - - £15.02
Median hourly rate £26.11 £13.81 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.07% -42.46% -62.50%
75th Percentile £26.84 - £27.75
90th Percentile £28.16 £28.29 £28.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.81 £20.53
% change year-on-year - -32.74% +76.97%

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 4,503 3,740 5,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.64% 12.74% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 2,310 3,417
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -0.26% -5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 172 423
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.57
25th Percentile £20.79 £20.22 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £27.72 £45.88
% change year-on-year +89.39% -39.58% +148.00%

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 26 April 2026.

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
Top 9 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 26 April 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 -61 53 £525 +9.38% 120
England -109 37 £525 +9.38% 110
Scotland - 32 - - 18
London -75 16 £553 +15.68% 17
South East -59 13 £423 -14.47% 32
East of England - 7 £525 - 11
Work from Home -30 6 £500 - 148
North of England -79 1 - - 33
North East - 1 - - 6

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 2 (2.86%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Google Ads
1 1 (1.43%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) Firewall
2 8 (11.43%) IPsec
2 8 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (7.14%) Network Security
4 4 (5.71%) Internet
4 4 (5.71%) MPLS
4 4 (5.71%) VPN
5 3 (4.29%) 5G
5 3 (4.29%) DNS
5 3 (4.29%) NaaS
5 3 (4.29%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.29%) WAN
6 2 (2.86%) GPRS
6 2 (2.86%) GSM
6 2 (2.86%) VoIP
7 1 (1.43%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.43%) DHCP
7 1 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (1.43%) Multicast
7 1 (1.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
1 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (24.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Local Government
4 2 (2.86%) Billing
4 2 (2.86%) Finance
4 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.43%) Marketing
5 1 (1.43%) Military
5 1 (1.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (40.00%) Lead
2 16 (22.86%) Lead Generation Executive
3 10 (14.29%) Designer
3 10 (14.29%) Lead Generation Specialist
3 10 (14.29%) Senior
4 8 (11.43%) Analyst
5 7 (10.00%) Network Designer
6 6 (8.57%) Network Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) IP Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) IP Network Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Mobile Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Test Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Service Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.29%) Programme Manager
9 3 (4.29%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.29%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) IoT
2 4 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.86%) IPTV
4 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Life Science
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.29%) Coaching
2 29 (41.43%) Lead Generation
3 13 (18.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 8 (11.43%) Agile
5 8 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (10.00%) DevOps
6 7 (10.00%) Load Balancing
7 6 (8.57%) Programme Management
8 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.71%) Data Analysis
9 4 (5.71%) Problem Management
9 4 (5.71%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.71%) Project Management
9 4 (5.71%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (5.71%) Service Management
9 4 (5.71%) Test Automation
10 3 (4.29%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) SQL
2 2 (2.86%) Java
2 2 (2.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.86%) CCNP
2 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.43%) CCIE
3 1 (1.43%) CCIP
3 1 (1.43%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) SLA
2 4 (5.71%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.43%) GDPR
4 1 (1.43%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) logstash
Vendors
1 5 (7.14%) Cisco
2 4 (5.71%) Fortinet
2 4 (5.71%) Juniper
3 3 (4.29%) BT
4 2 (2.86%) Ericsson
4 2 (2.86%) Nokia
4 2 (2.86%) Oracle
4 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.43%) Google
5 1 (1.43%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.43%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto