Broadband Contracts

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 543 576
Rank change year-on-year +94 +33 +114
Contract jobs citing Broadband 90 47 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.31% 0.87% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 20 64
10th Percentile £250 £200 £336
25th Percentile £259 £273 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £375 £531
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -29.41% +3.66%
75th Percentile £501 £532 £600
90th Percentile £538 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £295 £463
% change year-on-year +57.63% -36.22% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 6
10th Percentile £13.80 £12.28 £38.01
25th Percentile - £15.02 £62.06
Median hourly rate £13.81 £26.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% -61.34% +158.65%
75th Percentile £14.03 £28.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £17.76 £46.88 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.81 £20.53 £49.51
% change year-on-year -32.74% -58.53% +350.11%

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 3,890 5,433 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.42% 12.50% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,342 3,208 4,616
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -4.08% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 428 433
10th Percentile £14.54 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%
75th Percentile £60.41 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.32 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -36.17% +115.91% -2.22%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Daily rate trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Top 15 Contract 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 3 July 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
UK excluding London +85 76 £465 +57.63% 321
Work from Home +75 58 £500 +69.49% 130
England +62 46 £487 +29.87% 359
Scotland +38 40 - - 16
Midlands +25 15 £308 - 16
London +39 13 £500 -14.53% 84
East Midlands +13 12 £165 - 6
South East +42 7 £494 +4.00% 60
South West +32 6 £250 -15.25% 21
North of England +7 6 £525 +77.97% 151
West Midlands +9 3 £450 - 10
Wales +8 3 - - 37
Yorkshire +7 3 £275 +37.50% 71
North West +5 3 £525 +77.97% 31
East of England +24 1 £325 +51.16% 21

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (1.11%) CMS
1 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.22%) AWS
2 1 (1.11%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.11%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (1.11%) Azure
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.11%) SaaS
2 1 (1.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.22%) BGP
1 11 (12.22%) OSPF
2 10 (11.11%) Firewall
2 10 (11.11%) MPLS
3 9 (10.00%) VPN
4 7 (7.78%) IPv6
4 7 (7.78%) Multicast
5 6 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.56%) GPON
6 5 (5.56%) LAN
6 5 (5.56%) WAN
7 4 (4.44%) Wireless
8 3 (3.33%) HSRP
8 3 (3.33%) Internet
8 3 (3.33%) IPsec
8 3 (3.33%) LTE
8 3 (3.33%) SD-WAN
8 3 (3.33%) WLAN
9 2 (2.22%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (2.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.11%) DynamoDB
General
1 55 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 44 (48.89%) Finance
2 44 (48.89%) General Ledger
3 16 (17.78%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.22%) Banking
4 2 (2.22%) Billing
4 2 (2.22%) Games
5 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.11%) Local Government
5 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (51.11%) Analyst
2 45 (50.00%) Senior
3 44 (48.89%) Financial Analyst
3 44 (48.89%) Senior Analyst
3 44 (48.89%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 11 (12.22%) Network Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Principal Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Principal Network Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Implementation Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 4 (4.44%) Coordinator
7 4 (4.44%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (3.33%) Scrum Master
9 2 (2.22%) Designer
9 2 (2.22%) Network Security Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Principal Security Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) GraphQL
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.11%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 44 (48.89%) Social Media
2 12 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.11%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Android
2 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (52.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 44 (48.89%) Accounts Payable
3 44 (48.89%) Procure-to-Pay
4 12 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 10 (11.11%) Migration
6 8 (8.89%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (7.78%) ITIL
8 6 (6.67%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.56%) Agile
9 5 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.56%) Roadmaps
10 4 (4.44%) Computer Science
11 3 (3.33%) Burndown Charts
11 3 (3.33%) Customer Service
11 3 (3.33%) Kanban
11 3 (3.33%) Scrum
11 3 (3.33%) Sprint Planning
11 3 (3.33%) Sprint Retrospective
11 3 (3.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.11%) Python
1 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (48.89%) ACCA
1 44 (48.89%) CIMA
2 11 (12.22%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (12.22%) Degree
3 7 (7.78%) CCIE
4 5 (5.56%) CCIE Service Provider
5 4 (4.44%) CCNA
5 4 (4.44%) CCNP
6 3 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.33%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.22%) SLA
2 1 (1.11%) GDPR
2 1 (1.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.11%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.56%) ZABBIX
2 2 (2.22%) Nagios
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (48.89%) SAP
2 16 (17.78%) BT
3 10 (11.11%) Cisco
4 7 (7.78%) SolarWinds
5 5 (5.56%) Nokia
6 3 (3.33%) Aruba
6 3 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.33%) Juniper
6 3 (3.33%) Meraki
6 3 (3.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.33%) Openreach
6 3 (3.33%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.22%) Oracle
7 2 (2.22%) Virgin Media
8 1 (1.11%) BMC
8 1 (1.11%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.11%) Pega
8 1 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.11%) Toshiba
8 1 (1.11%) VMware