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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 485 410
Rank change year-on-year -58 -75 +271
Contract jobs citing Broadband 41 69 182
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.20% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 1.60% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 68
10th Percentile £310 £220 £315
25th Percentile £363 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £471 £497
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -5.09% -1.68%
75th Percentile £620 £569 £600
90th Percentile £633 £625 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £440 £486
% change year-on-year +31.82% -9.47% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £12.82 - £28.28
25th Percentile £18.83 - £34.33
Median hourly rate £23.63 - £46.80
75th Percentile £26.11 - £61.43
90th Percentile £26.68 - £68.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.83 - -

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 4,011 4,306 6,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.79% 12.76% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,629 2,532 3,708
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £358 £364 £363
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 £450 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 141 333
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.46 £22.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -37.94% +38.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +21.43% -38.04% +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 26 December 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 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Top 12 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 December 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 -82 36 £591 +25.41% 398
UK excluding London -75 27 £580 +31.82% 405
South East -20 14 £606 +21.10% 83
Work from Home +7 12 £514 +11.19% 308
London -7 12 £600 +26.32% 26
Midlands -41 8 £375 - 69
West Midlands -31 4 £375 - 36
East Midlands - 4 - - 29
Yorkshire -49 2 £210 -4.55% 62
North of England -78 2 £210 -51.45% 127
Wales - 2 - - 12
Scotland +4 1 - - 20

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 3 (7.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (2.44%) AWS
1 1 (2.44%) Azure
1 1 (2.44%) GCP
1 1 (2.44%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) 5G
1 3 (7.32%) GPRS
1 3 (7.32%) GSM
1 3 (7.32%) Internet
1 3 (7.32%) MPLS
1 3 (7.32%) NaaS
1 3 (7.32%) SD-WAN
1 3 (7.32%) VPN
1 3 (7.32%) WAN
2 2 (4.88%) DNS
2 2 (4.88%) VoIP
2 2 (4.88%) Wireless
General
1 23 (56.10%) Telecoms
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Local Government
4 3 (7.32%) Billing
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Games
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Senior
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Change and Release Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Change Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Compliance Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Designer
5 3 (7.32%) Release Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Sales Executive
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (7.32%) Supplier Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Telecoms Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.44%) Spring
1 1 (2.44%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
1 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.76%) Virtual Team
2 3 (7.32%) IPTV
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) Life Science
4 1 (2.44%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (26.83%) Agile
3 9 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) CRM
5 6 (14.63%) Problem Management
5 6 (14.63%) Project Management
5 6 (14.63%) Waterfall
6 5 (12.20%) Programme Management
6 5 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (12.20%) Test Automation
7 4 (9.76%) B2B
7 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
7 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
7 4 (9.76%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (9.76%) Service Management
7 4 (9.76%) Validation
7 4 (9.76%) Virtual Team Management
8 3 (7.32%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Java
2 3 (7.32%) PL/SQL
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Groovy
3 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
3 1 (2.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.88%) CCNP
2 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) CCIE
3 1 (2.44%) CCNA
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) HNC
3 1 (2.44%) HND
3 1 (2.44%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) SLA
2 6 (14.63%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) Cisco
2 3 (7.32%) Fortinet
2 3 (7.32%) Juniper
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.88%) BT
3 2 (4.88%) Ericsson
3 2 (4.88%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) Nokia