Broadband Contracts with Work from Home Options

Broadband
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Broadband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Broadband over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 422 551
Rank change year-on-year +90 +129 -135
Contract jobs citing Broadband 18 46 70
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 1.60% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 27 45
10th Percentile £272 £392 £352
25th Percentile £273 £438 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -45.12% +7.50% +25.79%
75th Percentile £497 £600 £538
90th Percentile £556 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £462 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -14.14% +4.78% +22.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £28.41 £25.73
25th Percentile £23.25 £50.00 £26.06
Median hourly rate £23.50 £64.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.42% +129.46% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £66.94 £31.44
90th Percentile - £67.28 £33.58
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £64.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -59.69% +126.32% +147.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Broadband is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,879 4,280
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.50% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 1,907 2,894
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £701 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 96 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.13 £58.75 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -58.94% +22.29% +11.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.06 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.88
% change year-on-year +116.22% -33.63% -0.45%

Broadband
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Broadband trend for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Broadband.

Broadband daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Broadband over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Broadband daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Broadband.

Broadband hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) VoIP
2 4 (22.22%) LAN
2 4 (22.22%) MPLS
3 3 (16.67%) DHCP
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 3 (16.67%) VPN
3 3 (16.67%) WAN
4 2 (11.11%) BGP
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 2 (11.11%) GPON
4 2 (11.11%) IGMP
4 2 (11.11%) Internet
4 2 (11.11%) IPsec
4 2 (11.11%) VLAN
4 2 (11.11%) Wireless
5 1 (5.56%) Converged Networks
5 1 (5.56%) DMVPN
5 1 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (5.56%) Value-Added Service
General
1 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) French Language
4 1 (5.56%) German Language
4 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Network Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Campaign Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Communications Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Network Support
2 2 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) BSS Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Information Officer
3 1 (5.56%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (5.56%) IP Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Network Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
3 1 (5.56%) Provisioning Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Security Officer
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (11.11%) IPTV
2 1 (5.56%) Life Science
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Line Management
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.56%) Backlog Management
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Governance
4 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Process Management
4 1 (5.56%) Product Backlog
4 1 (5.56%) Product Vision
4 1 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (5.56%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (27.78%) CCNP
3 4 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (11.11%) JNCIA
5 1 (5.56%) BC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.56%) CCDP
5 1 (5.56%) CCIE
5 1 (5.56%) CCIP
5 1 (5.56%) Degree
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (5.56%) Juniper
3 1 (5.56%) Nokia
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow