Intranet Contract Job Trends

Intranet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Intranet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 442 487
Rank change year-on-year -108 +45 +112
Contract jobs citing Intranet 47 84 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.27% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 2.07% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 48 77
10th Percentile £188 £239 £131
25th Percentile £350 £323 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £385
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +18.83% -30.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £538
90th Percentile £667 £608 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £450 £350
% change year-on-year -8.33% +28.57% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 14
10th Percentile - £12.18 £11.40
25th Percentile - £19.63 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £23.88 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year -37.19% +36.57% -21.98%
75th Percentile - £68.44 £25.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £40.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £23.88 £14.00
% change year-on-year -37.19% +70.57% -37.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Intranet 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 4,093 4,052 6,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.45% 13.01% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,697 2,371 3,657
10th Percentile £204 £213 £206
25th Percentile £356 £360 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.83%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £452 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -3.83% -1.05% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 137 407
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.93 £15.43
25th Percentile £18.90 £21.46 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £69.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £31.79 £55.00
% change year-on-year +31.93% -42.20% +177.08%

Intranet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Intranet job vacancy trend in the UK

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Intranet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intranet over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Intranet in the UK

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Intranet
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -97 34 £450 -5.26% 24
UK excluding London -84 24 £413 -8.33% 21
London -37 15 £438 +4.17% 7
Work from Home -18 14 £463 -21.61% 14
South East -22 13 £413 -13.16% 7
Scotland +10 5 £188 -42.22% 2
North of England -64 3 £600 +33.33% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 1
North West -33 1 - - 2
West Midlands -52 1 £525 -9.09%
Midlands -68 1 £525 -9.09% 2
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Intranet
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 20 (42.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.77%) CMS
3 3 (6.38%) Drupal
4 1 (2.13%) Apache
4 1 (2.13%) Confluence
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.13%) Camtasia
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (8.51%) Azure
4 3 (6.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.38%) Google Analytics
4 3 (6.38%) OneDrive
4 3 (6.38%) Viva Engage
5 2 (4.26%) Canva
6 1 (2.13%) AWS
6 1 (2.13%) dbt
6 1 (2.13%) GCP
6 1 (2.13%) GitHub
6 1 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.13%) Google Drive
6 1 (2.13%) Google Gemini
6 1 (2.13%) OCI
6 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) Internet
2 4 (8.51%) Firewall
2 4 (8.51%) Wireless
3 3 (6.38%) DNS
3 3 (6.38%) IPv6
3 3 (6.38%) LAN
3 3 (6.38%) Network Security
3 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.38%) VPN
3 3 (6.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Metadata
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Burp Suite
General
1 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Marketing
3 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.51%) Law
5 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.38%) Legal
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Finance
6 2 (4.26%) Games
6 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.13%) Publishing
7 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (17.02%) Consultant
2 6 (12.77%) Strategy Consultant
3 4 (8.51%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (8.51%) Senior
3 4 (8.51%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (8.51%) Senior Strategy Consultant
3 4 (8.51%) Tester
4 3 (6.38%) Change Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Communications Specialist
4 3 (6.38%) Content Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Developer
4 3 (6.38%) Digital Content Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Lead
5 2 (4.26%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Business Change Specialist
5 2 (4.26%) Digital Strategy Consultant
5 2 (4.26%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (2.13%) Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.13%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Laravel
1 1 (2.13%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) e-Learning
1 3 (6.38%) SCADA
2 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.13%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.13%) NHS
3 1 (2.13%) Podcast
3 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Social Media
3 1 (2.13%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Kali Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.28%) Change Management
4 9 (19.15%) User Experience
5 8 (17.02%) AI
5 8 (17.02%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (12.77%) Content Management
6 6 (12.77%) Digital Strategy
6 6 (12.77%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.64%) Migration
8 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (8.51%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (8.51%) ITIL
8 4 (8.51%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (8.51%) Social Engineering
8 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (6.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) Korn
1 1 (2.13%) PHP
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.13%) CCSP
4 1 (2.13%) CEH
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.13%) HND
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) OSCP
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
4 1 (2.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
1 3 (6.38%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Nessus
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.13%) Nmap
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Google
3 2 (4.26%) Adobe
3 2 (4.26%) OpenText
4 1 (2.13%) Okta
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle
4 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow