Network Manager Contracts in England

Network Manager
UK > England

The median Network Manager daily rate in England is £448 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 530 623
Rank change year-on-year +30 +93 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 41 115 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 78 103
10th Percentile £350 £409 £292
25th Percentile £363 £443 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% - -
75th Percentile £475 £600 £575
90th Percentile £607 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £448 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.50% - +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £36.41
25th Percentile - - £37.69
Median hourly rate - - £41.64
75th Percentile - - £62.75
90th Percentile - - £76.25
UK median hourly rate - - £41.64
% change year-on-year - - +73.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,898 46,550 67,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,460 33,060 48,164
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,372 1,874
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.51
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Manager in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
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 Network Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +44 10 £375 -37.50% 3
Midlands +21 10 £450 - 6
West Midlands +17 10 £450 - 2
South East +13 9 £490 -2.00% 13
East of England +11 4 £375 -21.05% 3
North of England +9 4 £450 +2.27% 5
South West +14 3 £575 +1.10%
North West +18 2 £425 -2.02% 2
Yorkshire +13 2 £450 +2.27% 2
Network Manager
UK

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Network Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 13 (31.71%) Project Management
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Telecoms
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
2 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
3 8 (19.51%) Wireless
4 7 (17.07%) Network Security
5 6 (14.63%) Law
5 6 (14.63%) Legal
5 6 (14.63%) Cisco
5 6 (14.63%) CCNP
5 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Edge Computing
5 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
5 6 (14.63%) 5G
5 6 (14.63%) Contract Management
5 6 (14.63%) Line Management
5 6 (14.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (12.20%) CCIE
6 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.20%) LAN
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.20%) Degree
7 4 (9.76%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (9.76%) Network Design
7 4 (9.76%) Scrum
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (9.76%) VPN

Network Manager Skill Set
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 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) Wireless
2 7 (17.07%) Network Security
3 6 (14.63%) 5G
4 5 (12.20%) LAN
5 4 (9.76%) VPN
5 4 (9.76%) WAN
6 2 (4.88%) Firewall
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.44%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
2 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
2 9 (21.95%) Telecoms
3 6 (14.63%) Law
3 6 (14.63%) Legal
4 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Electronics
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.88%) NHS
2 2 (4.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Project Management
2 6 (14.63%) Contract Management
2 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
2 6 (14.63%) Edge Computing
2 6 (14.63%) Line Management
2 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
3 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.76%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (9.76%) Change Management
4 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
4 4 (9.76%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (9.76%) Incident Response
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (9.76%) Network Design
4 4 (9.76%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (9.76%) Scrum
4 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (9.76%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) CCNP
1 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.20%) CCIE
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
3 3 (7.32%) PMP
4 2 (4.88%) APMP
4 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.44%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Cisco
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Adobe
3 3 (7.32%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.44%) BT
4 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.44%) Fujitsu
4 1 (2.44%) Nokia
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto