Broadband Contract Job Trends

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Broadband skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	496	535	490
Rank change year-on-year	+39	-45	-63
Contract jobs citing Broadband	208	42	53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.37%	0.12%	0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	4.04%	1.06%	1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted	39	27	20
10^th Percentile	-	£240	£220
25^th Percentile	£313	£325	£228
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-11.11%	+0.11%	-10.10%
75^th Percentile	£525	£601	£611
90^th Percentile	£540	£627	£630
UK excluding London median daily rate	£353	£500	£433
% change year-on-year	-29.35%	+15.61%	-9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	7	0
10^th Percentile	£11.46	£12.82	-
25^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.76	-
Median hourly rate	£14.17	£14.69	-
Median % change year-on-year	-3.54%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£16.73	£21.04	-
90^th Percentile	£32.58	£23.95	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£13.45	£20.83	-
% change year-on-year	-35.43%	-	-

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 citing communications or computer networking skills.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	5,147	3,970	4,363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	9.22%	11.28%	12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,950	2,572	2,521
10^th Percentile	£240	£208	£225
25^th Percentile	£400	£358	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£600	£588	£600
90^th Percentile	£688	£675	£685
UK excluding London median daily rate	£495	£453	£475
% change year-on-year	+9.27%	-4.63%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	445	198	161
10^th Percentile	£14.10	£15.50	£18.03
25^th Percentile	£19.33	£20.04	£26.25
Median hourly rate	£35.22	£34.00	£47.50
Median % change year-on-year	+3.59%	-28.42%	-13.64%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.00	£65.00
90^th Percentile	£96.00	£75.00	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.54	£42.50	£50.00
% change year-on-year	-37.56%	-15.00%	-11.49%

Broadband Job Vacancy Trend

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

Broadband Daily Rate Trend

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 12 November 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.

Broadband Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband Top 14 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 12 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
UK excluding London	+34	178	£353	-29.35%	350
England	+27	177	£388	-29.55%	392
Work from Home	+32	117	£425	-2.86%	118
South East	+3	76	£425	-29.81%	57
East of England	+14	39	£325	-	17
Scotland	-6	30	-	-	39
London	-63	29	£525	-12.50%	96
North of England	-47	19	£535	+120.62%	123
North West	-	13	£536	-	37
South West	-	11	-	-	34
Yorkshire	-28	5	£475	+95.88%	64
West Midlands	-39	4	£400	+0.95%	27
Midlands	-51	4	£400	+6.67%	51
North East	-	1	-	-	28

Broadband Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Broadband also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads citing Broadband.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	28.8%	60
2	Wi-Fi	22.1%	46
3	AI	20.2%	42
4	Agile	17.8%	37
5	QA	17.3%	36
6	Analytics	16.3%	34
7	Test Automation	15.9%	33
8	Problem-Solving	15.4%	32
8	Roadmaps	15.4%	32
10	Decision-Making	14.9%	31
11	Actionable Insight	14.4%	30
11	SQL	14.4%	30
11	Stakeholder Management	14.4%	30
14	JIRA	13.5%	28
15	Customer Experience	13.0%	27
16	Continuous Improvement	12.5%	26
16	Linux	12.5%	26
18	IPv4	11.1%	23
18	Wireless	11.1%	23
20	Business Strategy	10.6%	22
20	IPv6	10.6%	22
22	Cisco	10.1%	21
22	Firewall	10.1%	21
22	Git	10.1%	21
22	GitLab	10.1%	21
22	Machine Learning	10.1%	21
22	Technical Leadership	10.1%	21
22	WAN	10.1%	21
29	B2B	8.7%	18
29	CCNA	8.7%	18

Broadband Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Wi-Fi	22.1%	46
2	IPv4	11.1%	23
2	Wireless	11.1%	23
4	IPv6	10.6%	22
5	Firewall	10.1%	21
5	WAN	10.1%	21
7	VPN	8.7%	18
8	4G	7.7%	16
8	5G	7.7%	16
10	LAN	7.2%	15
10	Network Security	7.2%	15
12	Converged Networks	6.3%	13
12	xDSL	6.3%	13
14	PPP	5.8%	12
14	TCP/IP	5.8%	12
14	UPnP	5.8%	12
17	DHCP	3.4%	7
17	DNS	3.4%	7
17	Internet	3.4%	7
17	SD-WAN	3.4%	7