Broadband Contracts in England

Broadband
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 538 640
Rank change year-on-year +30 +102 -74
Contract jobs citing Broadband 42 98 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.87% 1.65% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 54 89
10th Percentile £258 £316 £361
25th Percentile £280 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% - +28.99%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £581
90th Percentile £675 £700 £678
UK median daily rate £448 £538 £514
% change year-on-year -16.65% +4.67% +20.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £12.28 £38.01 £10.55
25th Percentile £15.02 £62.06 £14.56
Median hourly rate £26.00 £67.25 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.34% +146.79% +136.96%
75th Percentile £28.75 £70.00 £64.22
90th Percentile £46.88 £78.75 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.25 £27.25
% change year-on-year -61.34% +146.79% +136.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Broadband 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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Broadband in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in England

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Broadband in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Broadband in England

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +36 21 £538 -2.27% 103
North of England +18 6 £295 -12.59% 30
South East +14 6 £475 -19.49% 36
South West +3 6 £295 -28.48% 4
North West +16 5 £295 -9.23% 12
Midlands +20 4 - - 22
West Midlands +19 2 - - 11
East Midlands - 2 - - 11
Yorkshire +14 1 £200 -42.86% 14
East of England -5 1 £215 -55.90% 9
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Internet
1 6 (14.29%) VoIP
2 5 (11.90%) LAN
3 4 (9.52%) 5G
3 4 (9.52%) VPN
3 4 (9.52%) WAN
4 3 (7.14%) 4G
4 3 (7.14%) BGP
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (7.14%) DNS
4 3 (7.14%) MPLS
5 2 (4.76%) DHCP
5 2 (4.76%) Ethernet
5 2 (4.76%) IOS XR
5 2 (4.76%) IPv6
5 2 (4.76%) L2TP
5 2 (4.76%) Skype
5 2 (4.76%) VPLS
5 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.38%) Big Data
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) git-flow
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (40.48%) Telecoms
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Network Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Lead
4 3 (7.14%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Product Owner
4 3 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (4.76%) Campaign Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Developer
5 2 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Provisioning Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Python Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Security Specialist
5 2 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Django
2 1 (2.38%) .NET
2 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.38%) Ajax
2 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC 5
2 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (2.38%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) CSS3
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) HTML5
2 1 (2.38%) jQuery
2 1 (2.38%) JSON
2 1 (2.38%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (2.38%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 1 (2.38%) XML
2 1 (2.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.67%) Agile
2 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (14.29%) Project Management
3 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
4 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
4 4 (9.52%) Migration
4 4 (9.52%) Network Design
5 3 (7.14%) Business Strategy
5 3 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 3 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.76%) Asset Management
6 2 (4.76%) Backlog Management
6 2 (4.76%) Customer Experience
6 2 (4.76%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) Python
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (2.38%) C#
3 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) CCNP
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.14%) ACCA
3 3 (7.14%) CCNA
3 3 (7.14%) CIMA
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.38%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.38%) CCDP
5 1 (2.38%) CCIP
5 1 (2.38%) CSPO
5 1 (2.38%) HNC
5 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Cisco
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) SAP
3 4 (9.52%) Nokia
4 2 (4.76%) Huawei
4 2 (4.76%) Openreach
4 2 (4.76%) Splunk
4 2 (4.76%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.38%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (2.38%) Juniper