Link 16 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Link 16 (L16)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Link 16 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Link 16 over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 - 509
Rank change year-on-year - - -66
Contract jobs citing Link 16 10 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% - 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.30% - 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £473 - £620
25th Percentile £481 - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +67.30%
75th Percentile £521 - £822
90th Percentile - - £861
UK median daily rate £502 £450 £775
% change year-on-year +11.56% -41.94% +67.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £50.60 - -
25th Percentile £56.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £45.83
% change year-on-year - - -20.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Link 16 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,292 3,534 4,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.84% 15.51% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,212 2,720
10th Percentile £205 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 301 240
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.43
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.10
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.61
90th Percentile £71.01 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%

Link 16
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Link 16 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Link 16 in the UK excluding London

Link 16
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Link 16 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Link 16 in the UK excluding London

Link 16
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Link 16 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Link 16 in the UK excluding London

Link 16
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Link 16 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Link 16 in the UK excluding London

Link 16
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Link 16 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
South East - 9 £502 - 1
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Link 16
UK

Link 16
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Mercurial
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Avionics
1 1 (10.00%) Military
1 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) C++ Developer
3 4 (40.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) OO
2 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Ada
1 5 (50.00%) Ada 95
1 5 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared