PPP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
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 PPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PPP over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 463 613
Rank change year-on-year +134 +150 -131
Contract jobs citing PPP 12 4 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.080% 0.016% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.77% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile - - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.32%
75th Percentile £201 - £419
90th Percentile £413 - -
UK median daily rate £65 £325 £413
% change year-on-year -80.00% -21.21% +27.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £19.93 - £22.05
25th Percentile £22.06 £18.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -30.91% +83.33%
75th Percentile £24.75 £19.50 £29.50
90th Percentile - - £29.95
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year +26.32% -23.23% +26.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

PPP 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 1,554 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

PPP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

PPP trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 PPP.

PPP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PPP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PPP over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

PPP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PPP
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 PPP.

PPP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PPP
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 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) BGP
1 5 (41.67%) OSPF
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 4 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 4 (33.33%) MPLS
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) IPsec
3 3 (25.00%) SNMP
3 3 (25.00%) TACACS
3 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (25.00%) VoIP
4 2 (16.67%) Broadband
4 2 (16.67%) DSL
4 2 (16.67%) RIP
4 2 (16.67%) SDH
4 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (8.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) GoogleTest
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) TestRail
2 1 (8.33%) Valgrind
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (8.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Debian
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Scrum
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Kanban
2 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) Asset Management
3 5 (41.67%) Backlog Management
3 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 5 (41.67%) Sprint Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Sprint Retrospective
3 5 (41.67%) Sprint Review
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) User Stories
4 4 (33.33%) Migration
4 4 (33.33%) Process Management
5 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Design Patterns
6 2 (16.67%) Network Design
6 2 (16.67%) Order Management
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (33.33%) CCNP
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (25.00%) CCDP
4 3 (25.00%) CCIP
4 3 (25.00%) CCNA
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (8.33%) JNCIS
5 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Icinga
1 1 (8.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Juniper
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 3 (25.00%) Nokia
4 2 (16.67%) ADVA
5 1 (8.33%) Google
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) MikroTik
5 1 (8.33%) Nokia Networks
5 1 (8.33%) Tellabs
5 1 (8.33%) TP-LINK
5 1 (8.33%) ZyXEL