Internet Contracts

Internet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 324 316
Rank change year-on-year -23 -8 -8
Contract jobs citing Internet 249 462 772
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.78% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.51% 6.31% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 311 548
10th Percentile £203 £213 £225
25th Percentile £322 £375 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £600
90th Percentile £758 £675 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +8.82% -5.56% +6.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 21 33
10th Percentile £12.28 £14.01 £12.59
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £23.65 £25.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% -9.09% +77.42%
75th Percentile £51.75 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £63.70 £54.00 £51.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £18.91 £17.11
% change year-on-year -25.97% +10.55% +31.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,522 7,324 9,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,303 4,766 6,317
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 475 360
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 15 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 4 May 2024. 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 -8 225 £463 -11.90% 396
London +24 129 £488 -11.36% 154
UK excluding London -16 105 £463 +8.82% 257
Work from Home -18 69 £423 -23.18% 248
South East +1 30 £475 +11.76% 55
Midlands +37 28 £675 +20.00% 59
West Midlands +30 19 £750 +25.00% 37
Scotland +22 15 £218 +15.23% 17
South West 0 14 £500 +17.65% 43
North of England +3 10 £300 -36.84% 58
East Midlands +26 9 £250 -33.33% 22
Yorkshire +16 6 £325 -35.00% 29
East of England -1 5 £215 -59.81% 27
North West +3 4 £263 -25.00% 23
Northern Ireland +4 3 £563 +155.68% 2

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 18 (7.23%) IIS
2 7 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.01%) CMS
3 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.20%) Apache
4 3 (1.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (1.20%) Confluence
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.40%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.80%) InVision
4 2 (0.80%) Sketch
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.20%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.40%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.05%) Azure
2 16 (6.43%) AWS
2 16 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (3.21%) PaaS
5 7 (2.81%) GCP
5 7 (2.81%) SaaS
6 5 (2.01%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.01%) IaaS
6 5 (2.01%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.61%) GitHub
8 3 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.20%) Serverless
9 2 (0.80%) Apigee
9 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.80%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.80%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.88%) Firewall
2 32 (12.85%) DNS
3 31 (12.45%) MPLS
3 31 (12.45%) WAN
4 28 (11.24%) VPN
5 24 (9.64%) LAN
6 23 (9.24%) Network Security
7 19 (7.63%) Wireless
8 15 (6.02%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.62%) TCP/IP
10 13 (5.22%) BGP
10 13 (5.22%) HTTP
10 13 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (4.82%) VoIP
12 11 (4.42%) Ethernet
13 9 (3.61%) Broadband
13 9 (3.61%) DHCP
13 9 (3.61%) OSPF
13 9 (3.61%) WLAN
14 8 (3.21%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.80%) Big Data
5 2 (0.80%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.80%) MySQL
5 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.80%) Redis
6 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.40%) GIS
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.40%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.43%) JIRA
2 8 (3.21%) Git
3 4 (1.61%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.61%) GitLab
3 4 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.20%) Postman
5 2 (0.80%) TestComplete
5 2 (0.80%) Toad
5 2 (0.80%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.40%) GoCD
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 81 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.85%) Telecoms
3 31 (12.45%) Finance
4 27 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (8.43%) Banking
7 12 (4.82%) Legal
7 12 (4.82%) Marketing
8 8 (3.21%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.21%) Law
8 8 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Electronics
10 5 (2.01%) Billing
10 5 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.61%) Automotive
11 4 (1.61%) Back Office
11 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.61%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (14.46%) Network Engineer
2 23 (9.24%) Senior
2 23 (9.24%) Support Engineer
3 22 (8.84%) Analyst
3 22 (8.84%) Architect
4 14 (5.62%) Developer
5 13 (5.22%) Software Engineer
6 12 (4.82%) IT Support
6 12 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.42%) Desktop Support
7 11 (4.42%) IT Engineer
8 10 (4.02%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.21%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.21%) C# WCF Developer
9 8 (3.21%) C# WPF Developer
9 8 (3.21%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (3.21%) Support Officer
9 8 (3.21%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.21%) WCF Developer
9 8 (3.21%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.43%) .NET
2 16 (6.43%) .NET Framework
3 14 (5.62%) Web Services
4 9 (3.61%) WPF
5 8 (3.21%) ASP.NET
5 8 (3.21%) WCF
5 8 (3.21%) WinForms
6 7 (2.81%) JSON
6 7 (2.81%) LDAP
7 4 (1.61%) HTML
7 4 (1.61%) REST
8 3 (1.20%) ADO
8 3 (1.20%) Blazor
8 3 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (1.20%) Middleware
8 3 (1.20%) Node.js
8 3 (1.20%) OAuth
8 3 (1.20%) OpenGL
8 3 (1.20%) OpenID
8 3 (1.20%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.85%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.84%) IoT
3 7 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.81%) Social Media
4 6 (2.41%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.41%) Blockchain
4 6 (2.41%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.01%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (2.01%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.01%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.61%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.61%) PCIe
6 4 (1.61%) Verilog
6 4 (1.61%) VHDL
7 3 (1.20%) CBDC
7 3 (1.20%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 60 (24.10%) Windows
2 15 (6.02%) Unix
3 14 (5.62%) Linux
3 14 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.81%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.61%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (17.67%) Agile
3 23 (9.24%) Computer Science
4 22 (8.84%) Configuration Management
4 22 (8.84%) Customer Service
5 20 (8.03%) ITIL
6 19 (7.63%) DevOps
6 19 (7.63%) Migration
7 18 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (7.23%) Mentoring
7 18 (7.23%) Software Engineering
8 16 (6.43%) Change Management
8 16 (6.43%) Data Analysis
8 16 (6.43%) Programme Management
9 15 (6.02%) Project Management
10 14 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (5.62%) E-Commerce
10 14 (5.62%) Test Automation
11 13 (5.22%) Analytics
11 13 (5.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.85%) SQL
2 26 (10.44%) Python
3 23 (9.24%) C#
4 16 (6.43%) Java
5 14 (5.62%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.82%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.61%) PL/SQL
7 9 (3.61%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.21%) VB
8 8 (3.21%) VBA
9 5 (2.01%) C
10 4 (1.61%) C++
10 4 (1.61%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.20%) Bash
11 3 (1.20%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.80%) Go
12 2 (0.80%) Ruby
12 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.40%) PHP
13 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (16.87%) Degree
2 32 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 26 (10.44%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.62%) CCNP
6 10 (4.02%) CCIE
6 10 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.21%) BC Cleared
7 8 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.81%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.41%) CISSP
10 5 (2.01%) CCIE Data Center
10 5 (2.01%) CCNA
10 5 (2.01%) CISM
11 4 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (1.20%) CCDP
12 3 (1.20%) CCIP
12 3 (1.20%) CCSP
12 3 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.64%) QA
2 15 (6.02%) SLA
3 10 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.61%) MISRA
5 4 (1.61%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.61%) NIST
6 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.20%) GDPR
6 3 (1.20%) GRC
6 3 (1.20%) WCAG
7 2 (0.80%) COBIT
7 2 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 19 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.02%) Firmware
4 6 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.01%) NFS
6 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.80%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.80%) Docker
7 2 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.80%) vSphere
8 1 (0.40%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.02%) Ansible
2 7 (2.81%) SCCM
2 7 (2.81%) WSUS
3 4 (1.61%) Puppet
4 3 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.20%) SCOM
4 3 (1.20%) Terraform
5 2 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.80%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.80%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.80%) VxRail
6 1 (0.40%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.40%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 42 (16.87%) Cisco
2 36 (14.46%) Microsoft
3 27 (10.84%) Oracle
4 18 (7.23%) Juniper
4 18 (7.23%) VMware
5 15 (6.02%) Palo Alto
6 13 (5.22%) F5
7 11 (4.42%) Citrix
8 10 (4.02%) CheckPoint
8 10 (4.02%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.61%) Symantec
10 8 (3.21%) SAP
11 7 (2.81%) Dell
12 6 (2.41%) Adobe
12 6 (2.41%) Infoblox
13 5 (2.01%) Arista
13 5 (2.01%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.01%) Openreach
14 4 (1.61%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.61%) Veracode