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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 454 411
Rank change year-on-year -106 -43 +205
Contract jobs citing Broadband 44 73 172
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% 1.82% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 42 59
10th Percentile £325 £220 £297
25th Percentile £368 £426 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £600 £510 £600
90th Percentile £612 £588 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £423 £463 £493
% change year-on-year -8.80% -6.03% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile - - £12.28
25th Percentile £12.82 - £17.77
Median hourly rate £26.11 £13.81 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.07% -43.63% -55.45%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - £46.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.82 £13.81 £20.53
% change year-on-year -7.17% -32.74% +123.67%

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 4,195 4,017 5,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.24% 13.30% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 2,407 3,555
10th Percentile £204 £209 £205
25th Percentile £358 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.88% -6.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 131 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -29.16% +130.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £74.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £30.04 £50.00
% change year-on-year +34.95% -39.92% +151.51%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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
England -113 33 £501 +5.37% 239
UK excluding London -88 27 £423 -8.80% 213
London -52 15 £553 +10.50% 85
South East -41 12 £494 -0.05% 78
Work from Home -13 10 £386 -22.80% 184
Scotland +18 7 - - 11
Midlands -57 4 £369 - 8
East Midlands -28 2 - - 3
West Midlands -56 2 £369 - 5
North of England -89 2 £210 -52.27% 51
Wales - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -65 1 £210 -4.55% 25
North East - 1 - - 11

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 (6.82%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) Google Ads
1 1 (2.27%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) Internet
1 4 (9.09%) MPLS
1 4 (9.09%) VPN
2 3 (6.82%) 5G
2 3 (6.82%) DNS
2 3 (6.82%) GPRS
2 3 (6.82%) GSM
2 3 (6.82%) NaaS
2 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
2 3 (6.82%) WAN
3 2 (4.55%) Firewall
3 2 (4.55%) VoIP
3 2 (4.55%) Wireless
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (2.27%) DHCP
4 1 (2.27%) IPsec
4 1 (2.27%) Multicast
4 1 (2.27%) SSL
4 1 (2.27%) VLAN
4 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (40.91%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Local Government
4 3 (6.82%) Billing
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Games
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Military
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Lead
2 8 (18.18%) Senior
3 6 (13.64%) Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Lead Generation Executive
4 4 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Designer
5 3 (6.82%) IP Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Mobile Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Service Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (6.82%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.82%) IPTV
2 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) Life Science
4 1 (2.27%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.91%) Agile
5 6 (13.64%) Coaching
5 6 (13.64%) Lead Generation
5 6 (13.64%) Programme Management
6 5 (11.36%) Problem Management
6 5 (11.36%) Project Management
7 4 (9.09%) CRM
7 4 (9.09%) Customer Service
7 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.82%) Business Strategy
8 3 (6.82%) Decision-Making
8 3 (6.82%) Generative AI
8 3 (6.82%) Observability
8 3 (6.82%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) SQL
2 3 (6.82%) Java
2 3 (6.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (9.09%) CCNP
3 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.55%) CCNA
3 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) CCIE
4 1 (2.27%) CCIP
4 1 (2.27%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) SLA
2 4 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) BT
1 5 (11.36%) Cisco
2 4 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 4 (9.09%) Juniper
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) Ericsson
4 2 (4.55%) Nokia
5 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
255 Broadband jobs Nationwide