Network Manager Contracts

Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 589 673
Rank change year-on-year +68 +84 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 61 123 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 78 122
10th Percentile £353 £400 £351
25th Percentile £363 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £623 £632 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -1.30%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - £80.50
% change year-on-year - - +235.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +67 54 £450 -10.00% 30
UK excluding London +42 37 £450 - 24
Work from Home +97 21 £375 -16.67% 6
London +65 16 £400 -33.29% 6
South East +14 14 £495 -1.00% 9
West Midlands +26 9 £450 - 1
Midlands +24 9 £450 - 4
East of England - 5 £375 - 4
North of England +33 4 £450 +2.27% 4
South West +15 3 £575 +1.10% 3
Yorkshire +23 2 £450 +2.27% 2
North West +15 2 £425 -2.02% 1
Wales - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 21 (34.43%) Project Management
2 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
3 16 (26.23%) Telecoms
4 15 (24.59%) Finance
5 13 (21.31%) Cisco
5 13 (21.31%) Network Security
6 12 (19.67%) Project Delivery
7 11 (18.03%) Public Sector
7 11 (18.03%) LAN
8 9 (14.75%) Wireless
9 8 (13.11%) WAN
9 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
9 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (13.11%) 5G
10 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
10 7 (11.48%) CCIE
10 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (11.48%) Agile
10 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (9.84%) Line Management
11 6 (9.84%) Degree
11 6 (9.84%) Scrum
11 6 (9.84%) Law
11 6 (9.84%) Legal
11 6 (9.84%) CCNP
11 6 (9.84%) PMP
11 6 (9.84%) Contract Management
11 6 (9.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (9.84%) Data Centre
11 6 (9.84%) Customer Experience

Network Manager Skill Set
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 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.28%) Azure
3 1 (1.64%) AWS
3 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) Network Security
2 11 (18.03%) LAN
3 9 (14.75%) Wireless
4 8 (13.11%) 5G
4 8 (13.11%) WAN
5 6 (9.84%) SD-WAN
6 5 (8.20%) Firewall
6 5 (8.20%) VPN
7 3 (4.92%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (4.92%) MPLS
8 2 (3.28%) 4G
8 2 (3.28%) BGP
8 2 (3.28%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.64%) Broadband
9 1 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.64%) DHCP
9 1 (1.64%) Internet
9 1 (1.64%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
General
1 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.23%) Telecoms
3 15 (24.59%) Finance
4 11 (18.03%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.84%) Law
5 6 (9.84%) Legal
6 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Banking
7 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.28%) Electronics
8 2 (3.28%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Data Centre
1 6 (9.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (4.92%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.28%) CSOC
3 2 (3.28%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) BYOD
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.64%) IoT
4 1 (1.64%) PMI
4 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) AIX
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Project Management
2 12 (19.67%) Project Delivery
3 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
4 7 (11.48%) Agile
4 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (9.84%) Contract Management
5 6 (9.84%) Customer Experience
5 6 (9.84%) Edge Computing
5 6 (9.84%) Line Management
5 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.84%) Scrum
6 5 (8.20%) Network Design
6 5 (8.20%) Programme Management
6 5 (8.20%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (6.56%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (6.56%) Configuration Management
7 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (6.56%) Migration
7 4 (6.56%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (11.48%) CCIE
3 6 (9.84%) CCNP
3 6 (9.84%) Degree
3 6 (9.84%) PMP
4 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.92%) APMP
5 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.28%) CCIE Security
6 2 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.64%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.64%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Cisco
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.92%) Adobe
3 3 (4.92%) Darktrace
3 3 (4.92%) Juniper
4 2 (3.28%) AlgoSec
4 2 (3.28%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.64%) BT
5 1 (1.64%) Citrix
5 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.64%) F5
5 1 (1.64%) ForeScout
5 1 (1.64%) Fujitsu
5 1 (1.64%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.64%) Nokia
5 1 (1.64%) Remedy