BT Contracts

BT
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 630 673
Rank change year-on-year +148 +43 -37
Contract jobs citing BT 93 52 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.093% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.51% 0.21% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 115
10th Percentile £158 - £303
25th Percentile £174 £248 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £313 £480
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -34.90% +28.00%
75th Percentile £688 £539 £600
90th Percentile £734 £580 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £180 £255 £414
% change year-on-year -29.41% -38.37% +18.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 2
10th Percentile £14.02 - £12.05
25th Percentile £14.06 £12.50 £13.38
Median hourly rate £14.63 £13.00 £15.89
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -18.19% +40.99%
75th Percentile £15.19 £13.50 £18.10
90th Percentile - - £19.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.63 £13.00 £15.89
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.19% +40.99%

All Vendors
UK

BT is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,277 24,339 35,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.45% 43.42% 40.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,373 16,241 23,612
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 647 855
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.97 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BT in the UK

BT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BT.

Daily rate trend for BT in the UK

BT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BT in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BT.

Hourly rate trend for BT in the UK

BT
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +120 82 £393 +25.76% 47
UK excluding London +70 60 £180 -29.41% 28
Work from Home +137 33 £165 -67.33% 7
South East +28 23 £573 +81.90% 9
London +101 22 £650 +36.84% 16
North of England +39 20 - - 6
Yorkshire - 20 - - 1
South West +9 11 £165 -35.29% 7
Midlands +21 3 - - 6
West Midlands +15 3 - - 5
Channel Islands - 2 £575 -
East of England +3 1 £700 +40.00% 3

BT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.30%) Akamai
2 1 (1.08%) Azure
2 1 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.60%) SD-WAN
2 5 (5.38%) PSTN
3 4 (4.30%) Firewall
3 4 (4.30%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (4.30%) WAN
3 4 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.23%) ADSL
4 3 (3.23%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.23%) Internet
4 3 (3.23%) MPLS
5 2 (2.15%) ISDN
6 1 (1.08%) LAN
6 1 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Big Data
1 1 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.08%) Git
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
1 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (49.46%) Telecoms
2 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.05%) Finance
4 12 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.45%) Banking
5 6 (6.45%) Police
5 6 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Automotive
8 1 (1.08%) Front Office
8 1 (1.08%) Legal
8 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (15.05%) Project Manager
2 7 (7.53%) Support Engineer
2 7 (7.53%) Technical Support
3 6 (6.45%) Field Engineer
3 6 (6.45%) Field Support Engineer
3 6 (6.45%) Financial Services Project Manager
3 6 (6.45%) Senior
3 6 (6.45%) Support Specialist
3 6 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (6.45%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (6.45%) Technical Support Engineer
3 6 (6.45%) Technical Support Specialist
3 6 (6.45%) Telecoms Manager
4 4 (4.30%) Contracts Manager
4 4 (4.30%) Developer
4 4 (4.30%) Embedded Developer
4 4 (4.30%) Problem Manager
4 4 (4.30%) Quality Engineer
4 4 (4.30%) Telecoms Specialist
5 3 (3.23%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.08%) Node.js
2 1 (1.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.58%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (4.30%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.30%) STB
4 4 (4.30%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.08%) CMDB
7 1 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.08%) Life Science
7 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Linux
1 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.28%) Continuous Improvement
1 17 (18.28%) ITIL
2 16 (17.20%) Agile
3 12 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (10.75%) GAP Analysis
4 10 (10.75%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (9.68%) Change Management
6 8 (8.60%) Customer Experience
6 8 (8.60%) Line Management
7 7 (7.53%) Coaching
7 7 (7.53%) Risk Management
8 6 (6.45%) Budget Management
8 6 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (6.45%) Project Management
9 5 (5.38%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (4.30%) Data Analysis
10 4 (4.30%) Incident Management
10 4 (4.30%) Problem Management
10 4 (4.30%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.30%) C
1 4 (4.30%) Embedded C
2 1 (1.08%) Bash
2 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.08%) Python
2 1 (1.08%) Ruby
2 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (21.51%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.30%) Degree
4 4 (4.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.23%) BC Cleared
5 3 (3.23%) ISTQB
5 3 (3.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (2.15%) CCNA
6 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.08%) APMP
7 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.90%) SLA
2 10 (10.75%) QA
3 1 (1.08%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (21.51%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Kibana
1 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.08%) logstash
1 1 (1.08%) Rancher
1 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (21.51%) Virgin Media
2 8 (8.60%) Cisco
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.45%) Openreach
4 6 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.30%) AlgoSec
5 4 (4.30%) ForeScout
6 3 (3.23%) NetCracker
6 3 (3.23%) webMethods
7 2 (2.15%) Arista
7 2 (2.15%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.15%) Radianz
7 2 (2.15%) Refinitiv
7 2 (2.15%) Reuters
8 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.08%) Fujitsu