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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 479 542
Rank change year-on-year -97 +63 +21
Contract jobs citing Broadband 70 44 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.46% 1.19% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 21
10th Percentile £368 £250 £263
25th Percentile £438 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £448
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +10.49% -16.65%
75th Percentile £538 £510 £556
90th Percentile £539 £588 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £487 £295
% change year-on-year +6.78% +65.08% -37.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile - £13.80 £12.28
25th Percentile £26.11 - £15.02
Median hourly rate £27.06 £13.81 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.91% -46.88% -61.34%
75th Percentile £28.26 £14.69 £28.75
90th Percentile £28.73 £21.75 £46.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £13.81 £20.53
% change year-on-year +102.75% -32.74% -58.53%

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 4,779 3,694 5,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 12.47% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,935 2,271 3,204
10th Percentile £263 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £470 £488
% change year-on-year +2.13% -3.59% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 171 424
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.80 £17.48
Median hourly rate £27.69 £41.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.28% +3.75% +111.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 £71.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.25 £31.08 £47.50
% change year-on-year -2.67% -34.57% +153.81%

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 15 June 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 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 15 June 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 -82 59 £520 +6.78% 140
England -112 37 £500 +1.06% 142
Scotland +14 32 - - 32
South East -56 10 £386 -21.87% 31
London -76 10 £450 -10.00% 42
North of England -73 9 £515 -6.36% 40
East of England -24 7 £525 +61.54% 7
North West -40 6 £526 -8.52% 25
Work from Home -54 5 £500 - 64
Yorkshire -51 2 £475 +115.91% 11
Midlands -61 1 - - 13
West Midlands -61 1 - - 5
North East - 1 - - 5

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 1 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.71%) Firewall
2 12 (17.14%) Network Security
3 11 (15.71%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (12.86%) IPsec
4 9 (12.86%) VPN
4 9 (12.86%) WAN
5 7 (10.00%) LAN
5 7 (10.00%) Wireless
6 6 (8.57%) Converged Networks
7 3 (4.29%) DHCP
7 3 (4.29%) DNS
7 3 (4.29%) Internet
7 3 (4.29%) MPLS
7 3 (4.29%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.86%) BGP
8 2 (2.86%) OSPF
8 2 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (1.43%) DMVPN
9 1 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (1.43%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (17.14%) Telecoms
2 8 (11.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Local Government
4 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.29%) Retail
5 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Finance
6 1 (1.43%) Legal
6 1 (1.43%) Marketing
6 1 (1.43%) Military
6 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) Lead
2 16 (22.86%) Lead Generation Executive
2 16 (22.86%) Network Engineer
3 10 (14.29%) Lead Generation Specialist
4 9 (12.86%) Designer
5 7 (10.00%) Analyst
5 7 (10.00%) Network Designer
6 5 (7.14%) IP Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Mobile Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Senior
6 5 (7.14%) Test Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (2.86%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.86%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Kafka
1 1 (1.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) IoT
2 3 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.43%) Clustering
4 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.29%) Coaching
2 29 (41.43%) Lead Generation
3 13 (18.57%) Load Balancing
4 11 (15.71%) Customer Experience
5 8 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (10.00%) DevOps
7 6 (8.57%) Agile
7 6 (8.57%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (8.57%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.71%) Project Management
9 3 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.29%) Network Design
9 3 (4.29%) Problem Management
9 3 (4.29%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (4.29%) Service Management
9 3 (4.29%) Workshop Facilitation
10 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (12.86%) CCNA
3 7 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.71%) CCNP
6 1 (1.43%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) SLA
2 3 (4.29%) PMO
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (17.14%) Cisco
2 4 (5.71%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.29%) BT
3 3 (4.29%) Infoblox
3 3 (4.29%) Juniper
4 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.43%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.43%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.43%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.43%) Meraki
5 1 (1.43%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.43%) Nokia