Hybrid/Remote APPN Contract Job Trends

IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring APPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing APPN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.084% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
UK median daily rate £350 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

APPN 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,193 1,051 1,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.86% 10.61% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 736 673 1,040
10th Percentile £314 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -1.19% -3.62%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £687 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 76
10th Percentile £13.97 - £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.20 £14.20
Median hourly rate £55.90 £41.75 £24.13
Median % change year-on-year +33.89% +73.06% -59.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.65 £74.88 £87.46
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -2.60% +102.63%

APPN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APPN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

APPN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

APPN
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing APPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing APPN

APPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM