Hybrid/Remote RSVP Contract Job Trends

Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RSVP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 - 365
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RSVP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% - 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.092% - 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £368 - £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 - £333
75th Percentile £404 - £349
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £226 - £600

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

RSVP 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 1,084 1,193 2,032
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.25% 11.16% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 719 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £313 £306
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £594
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 29 91
10th Percentile £13.96 £17.71 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £36.00 £18.99
Median hourly rate £39.50 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +21.43% -46.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £67.40 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.19% -28.95% +137.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

RSVP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BT
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper