Internet Contracts

Internet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 350 318
Rank change year-on-year -25 -32 -5
Contract jobs citing Internet 146 261 475
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.90% 4.63% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 138 320
10th Percentile £250 £200 £213
25th Percentile £385 £313 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £599 £600
90th Percentile £688 £750 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 45 22
10th Percentile - £12.28 £14.19
25th Percentile - £13.25 £16.56
Median hourly rate £14.20 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.34% -8.46% -5.45%
75th Percentile £19.50 £51.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £44.75 £63.42 £52.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.20 £14.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% -26.32% +11.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Internet 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 3,739 5,643 7,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.79% 12.94% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,297 3,382 4,789
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -46.41% +148.00% -13.95%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -36 126 £475 +5.56% 673
London -30 68 £450 - 410
UK excluding London +9 62 £450 +9.09% 271
Work from Home +35 57 £521 +23.20% 394
South East +43 28 £400 -15.79% 79
North of England +30 12 £475 +58.33% 90
North West +16 9 £388 +47.62% 49
West Midlands +5 8 £498 -33.63% 24
Midlands +4 8 £498 -26.26% 42
Scotland 0 8 £200 +5.96% 15
South West +34 3 £523 +4.50% 32
Yorkshire +12 3 £625 +92.31% 34
East of England +29 2 £425 +23.19% 28
Northern Ireland -10 1 £450 -20.00%

Internet
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 14 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.22%) IIS
3 6 (4.11%) CMS
3 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.74%) Apache
4 4 (2.74%) Confluence
4 4 (2.74%) Drupal
4 4 (2.74%) WordPress
5 2 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.68%) Facebook Platform
6 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 21 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (13.01%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.74%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.68%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.12%) Azure
2 18 (12.33%) AWS
3 17 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (5.48%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
6 7 (4.79%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (4.79%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.42%) GCP
8 2 (1.37%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.37%) Cloud9 IDE
8 2 (1.37%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.37%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.37%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.68%) Akamai
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.68%) Figma
9 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (36.99%) Firewall
2 34 (23.29%) WAN
3 32 (21.92%) VPN
4 29 (19.86%) Wireless
5 28 (19.18%) Network Security
6 27 (18.49%) LAN
7 20 (13.70%) BGP
8 19 (13.01%) DNS
8 19 (13.01%) MPLS
8 19 (13.01%) OSPF
9 15 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (8.22%) TCP/IP
11 11 (7.53%) IPsec
11 11 (7.53%) SD-WAN
12 10 (6.85%) EIGRP
13 8 (5.48%) DHCP
13 8 (5.48%) HTTP
13 8 (5.48%) Multicast
14 7 (4.79%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (4.79%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.53%) Oracle Database
3 8 (5.48%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (5.48%) Power BI
4 7 (4.79%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (4.11%) FileMaker
6 4 (2.74%) MySQL
6 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.68%) Big Data
7 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.68%) Metadata
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.11%) JIRA
3 4 (2.74%) Bitbucket Server
3 4 (2.74%) Git
4 2 (1.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) Appium
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
General
1 53 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.38%) Finance
3 19 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Telecoms
5 12 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.16%) Legal
7 7 (4.79%) Banking
8 6 (4.11%) Marketing
9 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.74%) Electronics
9 4 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.05%) Digital Economy
10 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.05%) Military
10 3 (2.05%) Retail
11 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.37%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (19.18%) Network Engineer
2 25 (17.12%) Senior
3 15 (10.27%) Developer
4 14 (9.59%) Support Engineer
5 12 (8.22%) C# Developer
6 11 (7.53%) C# WCF Developer
6 11 (7.53%) C# WPF Developer
6 11 (7.53%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) WCF Developer
6 11 (7.53%) WPF Developer
7 10 (6.85%) Architect
8 9 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) IT Manager
10 7 (4.79%) Analyst
10 7 (4.79%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (4.79%) Service Manager
11 6 (4.11%) Help Desk Support
11 6 (4.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.22%) .NET
2 11 (7.53%) .NET Framework
2 11 (7.53%) WCF
2 11 (7.53%) WinForms
2 11 (7.53%) WPF
3 8 (5.48%) CSS
3 8 (5.48%) HTML
4 7 (4.79%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (4.11%) 802.1X
6 4 (2.74%) Ajax
6 4 (2.74%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.74%) CodeIgniter
6 4 (2.74%) jQuery
6 4 (2.74%) LAMP
6 4 (2.74%) SOAP
6 4 (2.74%) Web Services
7 2 (1.37%) J2EE
7 2 (1.37%) Symfony
8 1 (0.68%) REST
8 1 (0.68%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.27%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.59%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (5.48%) IoT
4 7 (4.79%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (4.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (2.74%) Legacy Code
6 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.05%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 3 (2.05%) IVR
7 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.05%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.05%) SCADA
7 3 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.37%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.37%) NHS
8 2 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.23%) Windows
2 20 (13.70%) Linux
3 10 (6.85%) Apple iOS
4 7 (4.79%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.11%) Android
6 5 (3.42%) Mac OS X
6 5 (3.42%) Unix
7 4 (2.74%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.05%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.68%) Solaris
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (10.27%) Data Analysis
4 15 (10.27%) Time Management
5 14 (9.59%) Migration
5 14 (9.59%) Network Design
6 13 (8.90%) ITIL
7 12 (8.22%) Analytics
7 12 (8.22%) Computer Science
8 11 (7.53%) Agile
8 11 (7.53%) Customer Service
8 11 (7.53%) Network Management
8 11 (7.53%) Project Management
9 10 (6.85%) Change Management
9 10 (6.85%) Deployment Automation
9 10 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (6.85%) Roadmaps
9 10 (6.85%) Server Management
9 10 (6.85%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.59%) SQL
2 13 (8.90%) Python
3 12 (8.22%) C#
4 11 (7.53%) PL/SQL
4 11 (7.53%) T-SQL
4 11 (7.53%) VB
4 11 (7.53%) VBA
5 7 (4.79%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.11%) Java
7 5 (3.42%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.74%) Perl
8 4 (2.74%) PHP
9 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.68%) Bash
9 1 (0.68%) C
9 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 27 (18.49%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (17.81%) Degree
3 19 (13.01%) CCNP
4 17 (11.64%) Security Cleared
5 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
6 12 (8.22%) CCNA
7 11 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (6.85%) CCIE
9 4 (2.74%) CCDP
10 3 (2.05%) A+ Certification
10 3 (2.05%) MCP
11 2 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.37%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.68%) CCIP
12 1 (0.68%) CCSA
12 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.90%) QA
2 6 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.74%) SLA
4 3 (2.05%) NCSC
5 2 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.37%) DICOM
5 2 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.37%) HL7
6 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.79%) Docker
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (10.27%) Ansible
2 12 (8.22%) Terraform
3 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.79%) Grafana
4 7 (4.79%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.79%) Progress Chef
4 7 (4.79%) Prometheus
4 7 (4.79%) Puppet
5 3 (2.05%) CASB
6 2 (1.37%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.37%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.37%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
7 1 (0.68%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 36 (24.66%) Cisco
2 33 (22.60%) Microsoft
3 17 (11.64%) Citrix
4 16 (10.96%) Palo Alto
5 14 (9.59%) Oracle
6 13 (8.90%) Fortinet
7 10 (6.85%) Aruba
8 9 (6.16%) Juniper
9 8 (5.48%) Arista
9 8 (5.48%) CheckPoint
9 8 (5.48%) Zscaler
10 7 (4.79%) F5
10 7 (4.79%) Meraki
10 7 (4.79%) Red Hat
11 5 (3.42%) Apple
11 5 (3.42%) Infoblox
12 4 (2.74%) Forcepoint
12 4 (2.74%) Google
12 4 (2.74%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.74%) Zend