Network Monitoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Network Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 329 446
Rank change year-on-year -9 +117 -48
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 62 110 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.48% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.54% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 63 45
10th Percentile £262 £306 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £506 £500
90th Percentile £590 £600 £590
UK median daily rate £450 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -6.36% +1.17% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile - £41.62 £41.69
25th Percentile £26.25 £56.68 £52.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.65% +14.81% -4.42%
75th Percentile £28.75 £63.23 £56.00
90th Percentile - £68.33 £56.83
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £62.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -61.61% +14.81% -4.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Network Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Network Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Network Monitoring
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 Network Monitoring within the UK excluding London region 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
South East -1 27 £400 -16.28% 20
North of England +14 15 £425 -3.41% 5
North West +26 11 £563 +40.63% 1
Midlands +22 9 £450 -14.69% 5
West Midlands +16 9 £450 -35.71% 5
South West 0 5 £725 +81.25% 6
Scotland +26 4 £553 +10.50% 7
Wales +18 2 £241 -37.74% 1
Yorkshire 0 2 £330 -25.00% 4
North East - 2 £425 -
Network Monitoring
UK

Network Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) AWS
2 5 (8.06%) GCP
3 2 (3.23%) Catchpoint
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (53.23%) Firewall
2 19 (30.65%) WAN
3 17 (27.42%) SD-WAN
4 15 (24.19%) DNS
5 14 (22.58%) VPN
6 13 (20.97%) Network Security
7 11 (17.74%) BGP
7 11 (17.74%) MPLS
8 7 (11.29%) OSPF
9 5 (8.06%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (8.06%) SNMP
9 5 (8.06%) SSL
10 4 (6.45%) IPsec
10 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
10 4 (6.45%) Value-Added Service
10 4 (6.45%) VLAN
10 4 (6.45%) Wireless
10 4 (6.45%) Wireshark
11 3 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (4.84%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 2 (3.23%) Banking
5 2 (3.23%) Electronics
5 2 (3.23%) Legal
5 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.23%) Marketing
5 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (43.55%) Network Engineer
2 10 (16.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 10 (16.13%) Support Engineer
2 10 (16.13%) WAN Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Service Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (6.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Network Manager
4 4 (6.45%) Network Specialist
4 4 (6.45%) Network Support
4 4 (6.45%) Network Support Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Senior
5 3 (4.84%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (32.26%) Linux
2 18 (29.03%) Windows
3 6 (9.68%) Unix
4 2 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.23%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
2 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (16.13%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (16.13%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (14.52%) Network Virtualisation
4 8 (12.90%) Computer Science
4 8 (12.90%) High Availability
5 6 (9.68%) Configuration Management
6 5 (8.06%) Analytics
6 5 (8.06%) Converged Infrastructure
6 5 (8.06%) Incident Response
6 5 (8.06%) Programme Management
6 5 (8.06%) Service Management
7 4 (6.45%) Agile
7 4 (6.45%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (6.45%) Network Design
7 4 (6.45%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) Groovy
1 1 (1.61%) Python
1 1 (1.61%) Shell Script
1 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (41.94%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (37.10%) Security Cleared
3 22 (35.48%) CCNP
4 13 (20.97%) CCNA
5 12 (19.35%) CCIE
6 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
7 7 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (11.29%) Degree
8 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
8 4 (6.45%) VCAP
9 2 (3.23%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.23%) JNCIA
9 2 (3.23%) JNCIS
9 2 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.61%) HND
10 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.61%) PMP
10 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) ISO 9000
2 2 (3.23%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.23%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
1 7 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.68%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.23%) KVM
3 2 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (4.84%) Tivoli
2 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.23%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (51.61%) Cisco
2 9 (14.52%) SolarWinds
2 9 (14.52%) VMware
3 7 (11.29%) F5
4 6 (9.68%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.68%) Remedy
5 5 (8.06%) Juniper
5 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.45%) Fujitsu
6 4 (6.45%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.84%) CheckPoint
7 3 (4.84%) Oracle
8 2 (3.23%) AppNeta
8 2 (3.23%) Arista
8 2 (3.23%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.23%) HP
8 2 (3.23%) SAP
8 2 (3.23%) Tufin
9 1 (1.61%) Aruba