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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 511 505
Rank change year-on-year -22 -6 +60
Contract jobs citing Broadband 128 42 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.55% 1.08% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 18
10th Percentile £368 £250 £243
25th Percentile £450 £256 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £424
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +13.21% -17.07%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £625
90th Percentile £540 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £480 £323
% change year-on-year +9.38% +48.84% -28.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 1
10th Percentile £11.46 - -
25th Percentile £12.53 £13.81 -
Median hourly rate £22.25 £14.69 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.46% -77.40% -3.35%
75th Percentile £28.78 £21.04 -
90th Percentile £51.40 £28.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.21 £13.81 -
% change year-on-year +2.90% - -

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 5,018 3,900 4,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 11.85% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,969 2,381 2,887
10th Percentile £250 £250 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +9.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 202 321
10th Percentile £15.21 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £46.88 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.23% -4.34% -9.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.03 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -41.91% -18.00% -3.58%

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 14 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

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 14 August 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 -15 114 £525 +9.38% 123
England -61 88 £525 +9.38% 145
Work from Home +1 57 £500 - 52
South East -34 48 £386 -28.52% 26
Scotland +30 38 - - 25
North of England -50 17 £535 +94.55% 38
North West - 13 £536 - 24
London -71 12 £450 -5.78% 55
East of England -11 9 £525 +61.54% 7
West Midlands -53 3 - - 10
Midlands -55 3 - - 12
Yorkshire -40 2 £475 +72.73% 5
North East - 2 - - 9

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 6 (4.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Houdini
1 5 (3.91%) NUKE
2 4 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.34%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (1.56%) DaVinci Resolve
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Workfront
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.25%) AWS
1 8 (6.25%) Azure
2 5 (3.91%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (3.91%) GCP
3 4 (3.13%) Figma
3 4 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.34%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.56%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.56%) iPaaS
5 2 (1.56%) Miro
5 2 (1.56%) Slack
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.78%) Contentsquare
6 1 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.78%) IBM Watson
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
6 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.75%) Firewall
2 20 (15.63%) Network Security
3 18 (14.06%) VPN
3 18 (14.06%) WAN
4 14 (10.94%) LAN
4 14 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (10.16%) Converged Networks
5 13 (10.16%) Wireless
6 8 (6.25%) IPsec
7 6 (4.69%) DHCP
7 6 (4.69%) DNS
8 5 (3.91%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.34%) BGP
9 3 (2.34%) Ethernet
9 3 (2.34%) Internet
9 3 (2.34%) Multicast
9 3 (2.34%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.34%) VLAN
10 2 (1.56%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Metadata
1 4 (3.13%) Power BI
2 3 (2.34%) Big Data
2 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.78%) Couchbase
3 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.56%) Postman
3 1 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.41%) Telecoms
3 18 (14.06%) Marketing
4 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.47%) Finance
6 6 (4.69%) Games
6 6 (4.69%) Legal
7 5 (3.91%) Billing
8 4 (3.13%) Advertising
8 4 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Local Government
8 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.34%) Retail
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Law
10 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (21.88%) Lead
2 22 (17.19%) Network Engineer
3 19 (14.84%) Senior
4 13 (10.16%) Designer
4 13 (10.16%) Lead Generation Executive
5 9 (7.03%) Network Designer
6 8 (6.25%) Lead Generation Specialist
7 7 (5.47%) Analyst
7 7 (5.47%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) IP Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Product Owner
9 5 (3.91%) Senior Manager
10 4 (3.13%) Architect
10 4 (3.13%) Developer
10 4 (3.13%) IP Network Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Mobile Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Procurement Manager
10 4 (3.13%) Senior Designer
10 4 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.13%) ATL
2 3 (2.34%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (2.34%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.34%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.56%) HTML
3 2 (1.56%) HTML5
3 2 (1.56%) PySpark
3 2 (1.56%) REST
3 2 (1.56%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.78%) .NET
4 1 (0.78%) Kafka
4 1 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.78%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.78%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.78%) Spring
4 1 (0.78%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 49 (38.28%) Social Media
2 6 (4.69%) IoT
2 6 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.91%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.91%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.91%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.34%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.34%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.34%) Over-the-Top Content
4 3 (2.34%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (1.56%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.56%) Clustering
5 2 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.56%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.91%) Windows
2 3 (2.34%) Linux
3 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.09%) Coaching
2 24 (18.75%) Lead Generation
3 22 (17.19%) Customer Experience
4 20 (15.63%) AI
4 20 (15.63%) Load Balancing
5 18 (14.06%) Roadmaps
6 17 (13.28%) Agile
6 17 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (10.16%) Analytics
8 13 (10.16%) Machine Learning
9 11 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.59%) Impact Assessments
10 10 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (7.81%) Decision-Making
11 8 (6.25%) CI/CD
11 8 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.50%) Python
2 12 (9.38%) SQL
3 5 (3.91%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.34%) Apex Code
4 3 (2.34%) SOQL
5 2 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.78%) Bash
6 1 (0.78%) C#
6 1 (0.78%) Java
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) CCNA
1 16 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.34%) CCNP
5 2 (1.56%) GCFA
5 2 (1.56%) GCIA
5 2 (1.56%) GCIH
5 2 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.56%) OSCP
5 2 (1.56%) SANS
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.78%) Degree
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.78%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.59%) QA
2 6 (4.69%) SLA
3 4 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.56%) PMO
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) PERC
System Software
1 2 (1.56%) KVM
1 2 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.56%) vSphere
2 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Ansible
1 1 (0.78%) Kubeflow
1 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (14.84%) Cisco
2 9 (7.03%) Adobe
3 8 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.91%) Databricks
4 5 (3.91%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.91%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.13%) Foundry
6 3 (2.34%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.34%) Juniper
7 2 (1.56%) Ariba
7 2 (1.56%) Google
7 2 (1.56%) Optimizely
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle
7 2 (1.56%) Peplink
7 2 (1.56%) SAP
7 2 (1.56%) Starlink
7 2 (1.56%) VMware
8 1 (0.78%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.78%) IBM
8 1 (0.78%) Intel