Deep Packet Inspection
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Deep Packet Inspection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Deep Packet Inspection over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 704 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +138 |
| Contract jobs citing Deep Packet Inspection | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.002% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -6.98% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Deep Packet Inspection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,732 | 37,140 | 52,105 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.93% | 86.25% | 89.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,209 | 23,924 | 36,124 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.20% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,088 | 2,439 | 1,724 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.47 | £16.00 | £16.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £36.50 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.64% | +1.39% | +42.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.00 | £38.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.95% | +8.57% | +75.00% |
Deep Packet Inspection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Deep Packet Inspection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Deep Packet Inspection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deep Packet Inspection.