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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 445 480
Rank change year-on-year -90 +35 +125
Contract jobs citing Intranet 43 89 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 2.18% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 75
10th Percentile £205 £250 £143
25th Percentile £375 £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 £550
90th Percentile £667 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £444 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -1.39% +20.00% -20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - £12.18 £20.56
25th Percentile - £19.63 £22.19
Median hourly rate £15.00 £23.88 £34.05
Median % change year-on-year -37.19% -29.86% +51.92%
75th Percentile - £68.44 £47.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £23.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.19% -46.93% +100.80%

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 3,899 4,090 5,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.51% 12.85% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,397 3,542
10th Percentile £205 £213 £210
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £687 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 137 328
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.13 £17.74
25th Percentile £18.94 £21.25 £23.07
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -42.47% +125.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £31.08 £60.00
% change year-on-year +34.94% -48.20% +172.73%

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 15 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 14 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 15 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 -86 32 £438 -7.89% 26
UK excluding London -100 22 £444 -1.39% 25
London -23 14 £425 -8.60% 4
Work from Home -11 12 £600 +5.26% 10
South East -12 12 £413 -13.16% 15
Scotland 0 3 £219 -32.65% 2
North of England -46 3 £600 +33.33% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 1
North West -30 1 - - 2
East of England -32 1 £475 +26.67% 1
West Midlands -45 1 £525 -9.09% 2
Midlands -49 1 £525 -9.09% 3
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 (48.84%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) CMS
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) Drupal
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.33%) Camtasia
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (11.63%) Azure
4 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.65%) Canva
6 2 (4.65%) Google Drive
6 2 (4.65%) Viva Engage
7 1 (2.33%) AWS
7 1 (2.33%) dbt
7 1 (2.33%) GCP
7 1 (2.33%) GitHub
7 1 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.33%) Google Analytics
7 1 (2.33%) Google Gemini
7 1 (2.33%) OCI
7 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Internet
2 4 (9.30%) Firewall
2 4 (9.30%) Wireless
3 3 (6.98%) DNS
3 3 (6.98%) IPv6
3 3 (6.98%) LAN
3 3 (6.98%) Network Security
3 3 (6.98%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.98%) VPN
3 3 (6.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 22 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Marketing
4 4 (9.30%) Law
5 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.65%) Games
6 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Legal
6 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Finance
7 1 (2.33%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.33%) Publishing
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Consultant
2 6 (13.95%) Strategy Consultant
3 4 (9.30%) Communications Specialist
3 4 (9.30%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (9.30%) Senior
3 4 (9.30%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (9.30%) Senior Strategy Consultant
3 4 (9.30%) Tester
4 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Business Change Specialist
4 2 (4.65%) Change Manager
4 2 (4.65%) Developer
4 2 (4.65%) Digital Strategy Consultant
4 2 (4.65%) IT Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Lead
4 2 (4.65%) SharePoint Consultant
4 2 (4.65%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (4.65%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (2.33%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) e-Learning
1 3 (6.98%) SCADA
2 2 (4.65%) NHS
2 2 (4.65%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Podcast
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (18.60%) AI
3 8 (18.60%) Change Management
3 8 (18.60%) User Experience
3 8 (18.60%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (13.95%) Content Management
4 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (13.95%) Digital Strategy
4 6 (13.95%) Migration
4 6 (13.95%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (9.30%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (9.30%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (9.30%) Social Engineering
6 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.98%) Information Architecture
7 3 (6.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 2 (4.65%) CISSP
2 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.33%) CCSP
3 1 (2.33%) CEH
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) HND
3 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.33%) OSCP
3 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.33%) PMP
3 1 (2.33%) SANS
3 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Nessus
2 1 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Google
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
3 2 (4.65%) Okta
3 2 (4.65%) OpenText
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow