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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 465 458
Rank change year-on-year -81 -7 +152
Contract jobs citing Broadband 69 52 126
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 1.37% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 37 35
10th Percentile £368 £250 £266
25th Percentile £417 £413 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £493
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -2.64% -8.28%
75th Percentile £579 £510 £566
90th Percentile £600 £558 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £480 £338
% change year-on-year +9.38% +42.22% -31.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 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 £31.91 £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 4,480 3,782 5,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.68% 12.84% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,806 2,345 3,403
10th Percentile £246 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £489
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -0.31% -5.96%
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 207 171 425
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £20.79 £21.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £48.72 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.92% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.38 £62.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £28.00 £46.14
% change year-on-year +98.21% -39.31% +149.38%

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 21 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 21 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 -81 52 £525 +9.38% 297
England -124 36 £525 +9.38% 352
Scotland - 32 - - 17
London -66 16 £553 +15.68% 155
South East -53 12 £404 -18.17% 115
East of England - 7 £525 - 74
Work from Home -37 5 £469 -6.25% 322
North of England -73 1 - - 38
North East - 1 - - 8

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 (2.90%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) Google Ads
1 1 (1.45%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.04%) Firewall
2 8 (11.59%) IPsec
2 8 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (7.25%) Network Security
4 4 (5.80%) Internet
4 4 (5.80%) MPLS
4 4 (5.80%) VPN
5 3 (4.35%) 5G
5 3 (4.35%) DNS
5 3 (4.35%) NaaS
5 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.35%) WAN
6 2 (2.90%) GPRS
6 2 (2.90%) GSM
6 2 (2.90%) VoIP
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.45%) DHCP
7 1 (1.45%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (1.45%) Multicast
7 1 (1.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (23.19%) Telecoms
2 5 (7.25%) Local Government
2 5 (7.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.90%) Billing
3 2 (2.90%) Finance
3 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.45%) Marketing
4 1 (1.45%) Military
4 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Lead
2 16 (23.19%) Lead Generation Executive
3 10 (14.49%) Lead Generation Specialist
4 9 (13.04%) Designer
4 9 (13.04%) Senior
5 8 (11.59%) Analyst
6 7 (10.14%) Network Designer
7 6 (8.70%) Network Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) IP Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) IP Network Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Mobile Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Test Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Service Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Programme Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Project Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) IoT
2 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) IPTV
4 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Life Science
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.93%) Coaching
2 29 (42.03%) Lead Generation
3 12 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.04%) Customer Experience
6 8 (11.59%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (10.14%) Agile
7 7 (10.14%) DevOps
7 7 (10.14%) Load Balancing
8 6 (8.70%) Programme Management
9 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (5.80%) Data Analysis
10 4 (5.80%) Problem Management
10 4 (5.80%) Project Delivery
10 4 (5.80%) Project Management
10 4 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (5.80%) Service Management
10 4 (5.80%) Test Automation
11 3 (4.35%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) SQL
2 2 (2.90%) Java
2 2 (2.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.90%) CCNP
2 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) CCIE
3 1 (1.45%) CCIP
3 1 (1.45%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) SLA
2 4 (5.80%) QA
3 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) logstash
Vendors
1 5 (7.25%) Cisco
2 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
2 4 (5.80%) Juniper
3 3 (4.35%) BT
4 2 (2.90%) Ericsson
4 2 (2.90%) Nokia
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle
4 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.45%) Google
5 1 (1.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto