X.21 Contract Job Trends

X.21
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring X.21 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 525 -
Rank change year-on-year -107 - -
Contract jobs citing X.21 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.003% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.064% 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

X.21 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 4,676 3,625 5,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 12.67% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,874 2,244 3,232
10th Percentile £263 £213 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £490
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -1.02% -4.39%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 156 414
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £17.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.88 £38.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.81% -3.98% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.09 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.41 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.52 £28.00 £46.14
% change year-on-year +26.86% -39.31% +156.31%

X.21
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing X.21 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

X.21 job vacancy trend in the UK

X.21
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X.21.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X.21

X.21
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X.21.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X.21

X.21
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 X.21 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 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
London -64 2 £550 - 1
England -120 2 £550 - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2

X.21
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) MIMO
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
1 1 (33.33%) SDH
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) LIMS Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technical Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Commissioning Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Installations Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
1 2 (66.67%) LIMS
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) EMC