Network Management Contracts

Network Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 476 605
Rank change year-on-year +128 +129 -89
Contract jobs citing Network Management 264 251 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.42% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 171 159
10th Percentile £180 £200 £198
25th Percentile £460 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +1.71% +9.88%
75th Percentile £675 £628 £575
90th Percentile - £700 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +29.41% - +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 13
10th Percentile - £18.70 £18.75
25th Percentile £40.00 £44.38 £25.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +14.31% +74.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £81.88 £50.77
90th Percentile £95.00 £101.25 £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year +47.37% -6.44% +130.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +145 253 £520 +9.49% 76
UK excluding London +113 230 £550 +29.41% 77
South West +75 122 £500 +150.00% 13
South East +61 75 £650 +36.84% 12
Work from Home +128 74 £475 +23.38% 51
London +72 27 £425 -19.05% 19
North of England +42 21 £515 +157.50% 18
North West +23 17 £514 +156.88% 12
East of England -17 6 £203 -71.07% 8
Scotland +31 5 £370 -22.11% 16
Yorkshire +23 4 £650 +242.11% 5
West Midlands +24 1 - - 5
Midlands +9 1 - - 7

Network Management
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 36 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 35 (13.26%) Confluence
3 34 (12.88%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 62 (23.48%) Azure
2 35 (13.26%) Azure Stack
3 30 (11.36%) SaaS
4 28 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
5 27 (10.23%) IaaS
5 27 (10.23%) PaaS
6 26 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.65%) AWS
7 7 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.14%) Amazon Glacier
8 3 (1.14%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.14%) Cohesity
9 2 (0.76%) GCP
10 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 84 (31.82%) BGP
2 82 (31.06%) WAN
3 73 (27.65%) Firewall
4 47 (17.80%) LAN
5 37 (14.02%) Cisco Firepower
6 35 (13.26%) MPLS
6 35 (13.26%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (9.47%) SSL
8 23 (8.71%) DNS
9 21 (7.95%) DHCP
9 21 (7.95%) SD-WAN
10 19 (7.20%) OSPF
11 18 (6.82%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (6.82%) SNMP
12 17 (6.44%) NetScaler
13 14 (5.30%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (5.30%) EIGRP
13 14 (5.30%) IPsec
14 13 (4.92%) HSRP
15 12 (4.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.14%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (13.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.70%) Public Sector
3 36 (13.64%) Finance
4 29 (10.98%) Telecoms
5 17 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.79%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.52%) Billing
9 3 (1.14%) Banking
9 3 (1.14%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
10 1 (0.38%) Electronics
10 1 (0.38%) French Language
10 1 (0.38%) Legal
10 1 (0.38%) Local Government
10 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.38%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 121 (45.83%) Architect
2 118 (44.70%) Network Architect
3 39 (14.77%) Network Engineer
4 28 (10.61%) Lead
5 24 (9.09%) Senior
5 24 (9.09%) Systems Architect
6 22 (8.33%) Analyst
6 22 (8.33%) Lead Architect
7 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Engineer
8 15 (5.68%) Senior Network Engineer
9 12 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.17%) Infrastructure Technician
11 8 (3.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.03%) IT Analyst
11 8 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (3.03%) Senior Architect
11 8 (3.03%) Senior Network Architect
12 7 (2.65%) Consultant
12 7 (2.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.55%) Jinja
2 5 (1.89%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.14%) Django
3 3 (1.14%) JSON
3 3 (1.14%) REST
3 3 (1.14%) RESTful
3 3 (1.14%) SAML
3 3 (1.14%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 54 (20.45%) Data Centre
2 38 (14.39%) Private Cloud
3 20 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.17%) NHS
5 8 (3.03%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.03%) Clustering
6 4 (1.52%) PKI
6 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 74 (28.03%) Windows
2 23 (8.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.03%) Unix
4 7 (2.65%) Linux
4 7 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.62%) ITIL
2 51 (19.32%) Capacity Management
3 41 (15.53%) ITSM
3 41 (15.53%) SIEM
4 40 (15.15%) Service Management
5 36 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
6 32 (12.12%) Network Design
7 31 (11.74%) Zero Trust
8 30 (11.36%) Open Source
9 28 (10.61%) Customer Requirements
10 27 (10.23%) Business Strategy
11 25 (9.47%) Requirements Management
11 25 (9.47%) Systems Engineering
11 25 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
12 22 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
13 20 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.58%) Migration
13 20 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (7.20%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.06%) Python
2 15 (5.68%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.55%) Perl
3 12 (4.55%) Tcl
4 3 (1.14%) Bash
4 3 (1.14%) Java
4 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.14%) SQL
4 3 (1.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (71.59%) Security Cleared
2 93 (35.23%) DV Cleared
3 71 (26.89%) SC Cleared
4 37 (14.02%) Degree
5 19 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.82%) CCNP
7 14 (5.30%) CCNA
8 7 (2.65%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.76%) MCSE
9 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.38%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.38%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.38%) MCP
10 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.38%) PMP
10 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.88%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.92%) Firmware
3 12 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.03%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.14%) NFS
5 3 (1.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.76%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.47%) SCOM
2 24 (9.09%) Endace
3 18 (6.82%) SCCM
4 17 (6.44%) Ansible
5 8 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (3.03%) Nagios
5 8 (3.03%) NetBackup
6 6 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.52%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.14%) Terraform
8 3 (1.14%) vRealize
8 3 (1.14%) WSUS
9 2 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 78 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.11%) Cisco
3 34 (12.88%) Atlassian
4 32 (12.12%) F5
5 30 (11.36%) Juniper
6 28 (10.61%) VMware
7 23 (8.71%) Palo Alto
8 19 (7.20%) SolarWinds
9 16 (6.06%) Citrix
10 13 (4.92%) Veeam
11 11 (4.17%) Meraki
12 8 (3.03%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.03%) Hitachi
12 8 (3.03%) NetApp
13 7 (2.65%) Google
14 6 (2.27%) Apple
14 6 (2.27%) Aruba
15 4 (1.52%) CheckPoint
15 4 (1.52%) Genesys
16 3 (1.14%) TOWER Software