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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 449 482
Rank change year-on-year -94 +33 +124
Contract jobs citing Intranet 44 88 108
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% 2.16% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 79
10th Percentile £198 £250 £143
25th Percentile £331 £363 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £423
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +11.24% -23.18%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £551
90th Percentile £667 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -18.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 9
10th Percentile - £12.18 £12.90
25th Percentile - £19.63 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £23.88 £23.09
Median % change year-on-year -37.19% +3.42% +3.03%
75th Percentile - £68.44 £25.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £47.50
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 3,961 4,080 5,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.48% 12.87% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,604 2,373 3,603
10th Percentile £204 £213 £209
25th Percentile £355 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -3.54% -1.79% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 140 362
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.16 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -36.36% +158.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £57.75
% change year-on-year +29.05% -43.72% +206.83%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -83 32 £425 -10.53% 25
UK excluding London -104 23 £413 -8.33% 22
London -22 14 £388 -16.67% 6
South East -27 13 £413 -13.16% 12
Work from Home -19 12 £600 +7.14% 10
Scotland -2 4 £188 -42.22% 2
North of England -65 3 £600 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 1
North West -35 1 - - 1
West Midlands -55 1 £525 -9.09% 1
Midlands -61 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 21 (47.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.09%) CMS
3 2 (4.55%) Drupal
4 1 (2.27%) Confluence
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.27%) Camtasia
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (11.36%) Azure
4 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.82%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.82%) Viva Engage
6 2 (4.55%) Canva
6 2 (4.55%) Google Analytics
6 2 (4.55%) Google Drive
7 1 (2.27%) AWS
7 1 (2.27%) dbt
7 1 (2.27%) GCP
7 1 (2.27%) GitHub
7 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.27%) Google Gemini
7 1 (2.27%) OCI
7 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) Internet
2 4 (9.09%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) Wireless
3 3 (6.82%) DNS
3 3 (6.82%) IPv6
3 3 (6.82%) LAN
3 3 (6.82%) Network Security
3 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.82%) VPN
3 3 (6.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
General
1 22 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Law
3 4 (9.09%) Marketing
4 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.82%) Legal
4 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.55%) Games
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.27%) Publishing
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Consultant
2 6 (13.64%) Strategy Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (9.09%) Senior
3 4 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Senior Strategy Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Tester
4 3 (6.82%) Change Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Communications Specialist
4 3 (6.82%) Lead
5 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Business Change Specialist
5 2 (4.55%) Content Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Digital Content Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Digital Strategy Consultant
5 2 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (4.55%) SharePoint Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) SharePoint Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) e-Learning
1 3 (6.82%) SCADA
2 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.27%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) NHS
3 1 (2.27%) Podcast
3 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (20.45%) Change Management
3 9 (20.45%) User Experience
4 8 (18.18%) AI
4 8 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (13.64%) Digital Strategy
5 6 (13.64%) Migration
5 6 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (11.36%) Content Management
6 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (9.09%) Social Engineering
7 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (6.82%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.82%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) CISSP
2 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.27%) CCSP
3 1 (2.27%) CEH
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) HND
3 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) OSCP
3 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.27%) PMP
3 1 (2.27%) SANS
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.27%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Google
3 2 (4.55%) Adobe
3 2 (4.55%) Okta
3 2 (4.55%) OpenText
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow