BT 21CN Contract Job Trends

BT 21st Century Network (BT 21CN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring BT 21CN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BT 21CN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.024% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
75th Percentile £925 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

BT 21CN 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 4,113 4,018 6,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.36% 13.05% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,711 2,366 3,598
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.16%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £683 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £471 £475
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.79% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 133 407
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.63 £14.43
25th Percentile £18.59 £21.46 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.44 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% -31.58% +137.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £29.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year +39.79% -44.11% +161.00%

BT 21CN
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BT 21CN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

BT 21CN job vacancy trend in the UK

BT 21CN
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BT 21CN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BT 21CN

BT 21CN
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BT 21CN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BT 21CN

BT 21CN
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT 21CN within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
London - 1 £850 - 2
England - 1 £850 - 2

BT 21CN
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Transformation Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Transformation Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BT