Internet Contract Job Trends

Internet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 379 356
Rank change year-on-year -77 -23 -32
Contract jobs citing Internet 172 149 243
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.51% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.79% 4.00% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 84 126
10th Percentile £303 £220 £205
25th Percentile £404 £376 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £611 £606 £609
90th Percentile £690 £653 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £433 £475
% change year-on-year +9.83% -8.95% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 43
10th Percentile £16.84 - £12.28
25th Percentile £17.91 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.20 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.65% -39.57% +17.50%
75th Percentile £37.97 £15.53 £51.75
90th Percentile £42.38 £28.28 £63.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £14.20 £14.00
% change year-on-year +26.76% +1.43% -24.97%

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 4,536 3,727 5,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.55% 12.76% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,807 2,290 3,273
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.16%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 168 418
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.92 £16.44
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.93% -20.53% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £57.80 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £24.66 £46.14
% change year-on-year +97.57% -46.55% +153.28%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the UK

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 16 Contract Job 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 12 May 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 -111 140 £475 - 288
UK excluding London -79 93 £475 +9.83% 230
London -57 65 £435 -5.95% 104
Work from Home -44 60 £600 +15.27% 80
North of England -43 35 £550 +15.79% 64
Midlands -46 17 £413 -17.13% 36
North West -32 14 £550 +41.94% 30
West Midlands -58 14 £413 -17.13% 17
South East -70 13 £425 +6.25% 49
Scotland -1 12 £543 +171.25% 17
North East - 12 - - 9
Yorkshire -45 11 £575 -8.00% 26
East of England -23 7 - - 28
Wales - 6 - - 10
Northern Ireland +8 4 £385 -14.44% 4
South West -34 2 £400 -23.08% 26

Internet
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 12 (6.98%) IIS
2 3 (1.74%) Confluence
3 2 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) Smallworld
Applications
1 18 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.74%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.58%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.58%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.77%) Azure
2 17 (9.88%) AWS
3 13 (7.56%) GCP
4 12 (6.98%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.98%) SaaS
5 9 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.07%) IaaS
6 7 (4.07%) PaaS
7 5 (2.91%) GitHub
8 3 (1.74%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.74%) Canva
8 3 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.74%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.16%) AWS IoT
9 2 (1.16%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.16%) OCI
9 2 (1.16%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 38 (22.09%) Firewall
2 34 (19.77%) WAN
3 32 (18.60%) Network Security
3 32 (18.60%) SD-WAN
4 30 (17.44%) LAN
5 26 (15.12%) DNS
6 20 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (10.47%) MPLS
8 17 (9.88%) DHCP
8 17 (9.88%) SSL
8 17 (9.88%) VPN
9 16 (9.30%) Wireless
10 14 (8.14%) BGP
11 13 (7.56%) TCP/IP
12 10 (5.81%) WLAN
13 9 (5.23%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (5.23%) OSPF
14 8 (4.65%) 5G
15 5 (2.91%) VLAN
16 4 (2.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.40%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.74%) Power BI
4 2 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.16%) Redis
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.58%) GIS
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.72%) JIRA
2 3 (1.74%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.58%) Gatling
4 1 (0.58%) Maven
4 1 (0.58%) SoapUI
General
1 37 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (12.21%) Finance
2 21 (12.21%) Telecoms
3 15 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.40%) Banking
5 8 (4.65%) Welsh Language
6 6 (3.49%) Marketing
7 5 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.91%) Legal
8 4 (2.33%) Billing
9 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Local Government
10 2 (1.16%) Military
10 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (17.44%) Network Engineer
2 18 (10.47%) Architect
3 15 (8.72%) Developer
4 14 (8.14%) Senior
5 12 (6.98%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.40%) C# Developer
6 11 (6.40%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.81%) Applications Developer
7 10 (5.81%) Sales Manager
8 8 (4.65%) Analyst
8 8 (4.65%) C# Application Developer
8 8 (4.65%) Network Architect
9 7 (4.07%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) IT Support
9 7 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Lead
10 6 (3.49%) Marketing Manager
10 6 (3.49%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.91%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.91%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.56%) .NET
2 11 (6.40%) .NET Framework
2 11 (6.40%) WinForms
2 11 (6.40%) WPF
3 4 (2.33%) SAML
4 3 (1.74%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.74%) Web Services
5 2 (1.16%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.16%) CSS
5 2 (1.16%) HTML
5 2 (1.16%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.58%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.58%) JSON
6 1 (0.58%) Kafka
6 1 (0.58%) OpenID
6 1 (0.58%) Playwright
6 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.21%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.81%) Security Posture
3 9 (5.23%) Cloud Security Posture
4 8 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.49%) IoT
6 5 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.91%) Social Media
7 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.74%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.74%) Graphic Design
7 3 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.74%) PKI
7 3 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.74%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.60%) Windows
2 9 (5.23%) Linux
3 6 (3.49%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.91%) Android
5 4 (2.33%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.33%) Unix
5 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.58%) Solaris
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (13.37%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (9.30%) ITIL
5 15 (8.72%) Agile
5 15 (8.72%) Change Management
5 15 (8.72%) High Availability
5 15 (8.72%) Roadmaps
5 15 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (8.14%) Cloud Security
6 14 (8.14%) Project Management
7 13 (7.56%) Migration
8 12 (6.98%) DevOps
8 12 (6.98%) Runbook
8 12 (6.98%) Service Delivery
8 12 (6.98%) User Experience
9 11 (6.40%) AI
9 11 (6.40%) Data Analysis
9 11 (6.40%) Zero Trust
10 10 (5.81%) Affiliate Network
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.14%) SQL
2 13 (7.56%) C#
3 11 (6.40%) PL/SQL
3 11 (6.40%) T-SQL
3 11 (6.40%) VB
3 11 (6.40%) VBA
4 9 (5.23%) Python
5 6 (3.49%) Java
6 5 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.74%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.16%) Bicep
8 2 (1.16%) C
8 2 (1.16%) C++
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) PHP
9 1 (0.58%) Scala
9 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.70%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (8.14%) CCNP
5 10 (5.81%) CCIE
6 9 (5.23%) Degree
7 7 (4.07%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.74%) CCNA
9 3 (1.74%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.16%) CCIE Wireless
10 2 (1.16%) CWDP
10 2 (1.16%) CWNA
10 2 (1.16%) CWNE
10 2 (1.16%) CWSP
10 2 (1.16%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.16%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.72%) QA
2 3 (1.74%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (1.74%) GRC
2 3 (1.74%) NCSC
3 2 (1.16%) NIST
3 2 (1.16%) SLA
4 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (8.72%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.91%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.33%) Docker
4 2 (1.16%) Firmware
4 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.58%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (5.23%) CASB
2 6 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (3.49%) Terraform
3 5 (2.91%) Ansible
3 5 (2.91%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (1.16%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.58%) Grafana
6 1 (0.58%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.58%) logstash
6 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Puppet
6 1 (0.58%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (23.84%) Cisco
2 25 (14.53%) Zscaler
3 19 (11.05%) Microsoft
4 18 (10.47%) ServiceNow
5 17 (9.88%) Citrix
6 14 (8.14%) Aruba
6 14 (8.14%) Palo Alto
7 12 (6.98%) F5
7 12 (6.98%) Oracle
8 8 (4.65%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.65%) Google
9 7 (4.07%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.07%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (4.07%) Juniper
10 6 (3.49%) Ekahau
10 6 (3.49%) Meraki
11 4 (2.33%) Netskope
11 4 (2.33%) VMware
12 3 (1.74%) Blue Coat
12 3 (1.74%) Salesforce