Starlink Contract Job Trends

Starlink
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Starlink products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Starlink over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Starlink Services, LLC.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 558 621
Rank change year-on-year -18 +63 -
Contract jobs citing Starlink 8 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.008% 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.047% 0.018% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £206 - -
25th Percentile £208 £185 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £190 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% - -
75th Percentile £238 £195 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £190 -
% change year-on-year +18.42% - -

All Vendors
UK

Starlink falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,118 16,435 20,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.49% 45.09% 45.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,841 9,661 13,305
10th Percentile £288 £295 £256
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £723 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 857 523 675
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.52 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £19.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.95 £75.00 £76.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.04 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -19.85% -38.20% +96.97%

Starlink
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Starlink job vacancy trend in the UK

Starlink
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Starlink
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 Starlink within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -16 8 £225 +18.42% 9
UK excluding London -24 8 £225 +18.42% 9
South West +11 4 £225 -
East of England -13 4 £225 +18.42% 1

Starlink
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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Desktop Support
2 7 (87.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) iPad
1 7 (87.50%) iPhone
2 6 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (75.00%) Antivirus Management
3 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
3 6 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (75.00%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Chat Support
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) McAfee