NsoIT Contract Job Trends

New Style of IT (NsoIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring NsoIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 529 610
Rank change year-on-year -23 +81 +181
Contract jobs citing NsoIT 13 24 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.066% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.077% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 20
10th Percentile £531 £490 £513
25th Percentile £613 £542 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £633 £580
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +9.05% +0.87%
75th Percentile £649 £720 £666
90th Percentile £714 £786 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £633 £580
% change year-on-year -1.19% +9.05% +0.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

NsoIT falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,132 31,236 41,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.15% 86.03% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,460 18,783 27,966
10th Percentile £295 £310 £311
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,011 1,107 1,584
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.41 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -20.09% +26.43%
75th Percentile £43.21 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -35.50% -21.35% +53.93%

NsoIT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NsoIT job vacancy trend in the UK

NsoIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

NsoIT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NsoIT over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NsoIT in the UK

NsoIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

NsoIT
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NsoIT within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
South West -5 13 £625 -1.19% 1
UK excluding London -31 13 £625 -1.19% 1
England -42 13 £625 -1.19% 1
Work from Home +1 11 £625 -0.60%

NsoIT
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 8 (61.54%) Confluence
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) BGP
2 8 (61.54%) MPLS
2 8 (61.54%) Unified Communications
3 7 (53.85%) DNS
3 7 (53.85%) IPsec
3 7 (53.85%) VPN
4 5 (38.46%) Skype
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) VSAN
6 1 (7.69%) OSPF
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
General
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (92.31%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Telephony Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Switch Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) NETCONF
1 7 (53.85%) RESTCONF
2 2 (15.38%) ModSecurity
3 1 (7.69%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) PKI
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (15.38%) Private Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) CentOS
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Service Management
2 10 (76.92%) Critical Thinking
2 10 (76.92%) System Testing
3 8 (61.54%) Network Virtualisation
3 8 (61.54%) Validation
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) ArchiMate
6 1 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) Degree
3 9 (69.23%) CCNP
3 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (15.38%) MCSE
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) VMware ESXi
1 9 (69.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (15.38%) OPNET
2 2 (15.38%) vCenter Server
2 2 (15.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 8 (61.54%) Atlassian
2 8 (61.54%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Red Hat