Network Manager Contracts

Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager daily rate in the UK is £445 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 587 662
Rank change year-on-year +53 +75 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 46 127 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 77 129
10th Percentile £350 £393 £331
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £560
90th Percentile £605 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -3.16%
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 39,595 53,688 83,596
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.62% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,759 37,488 58,802
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,752 1,485 1,990
10th Percentile £12.79 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.26%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.94 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 26 May 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 26 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
England +32 39 £448 -12.68% 52
UK excluding London +36 32 £450 -5.26% 48
Work from Home +86 16 £375 -16.67% 18
Midlands +23 11 £450 -0.11% 7
West Midlands +15 11 £450 - 3
London +47 9 £375 -37.50% 9
South East +12 8 £448 -14.76% 20
East of England +14 4 £375 -21.05% 6
North of England +16 3 £450 +2.27% 8
South West +8 3 £575 - 3
North West +19 2 £425 -2.02% 2
Wales +15 2 £325 - 4
Yorkshire +6 1 £450 +2.27% 4
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Project Management
3 11 (23.91%) Finance
4 10 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 10 (21.74%) Cisco
5 8 (17.39%) LAN
5 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
6 7 (15.22%) Wireless
6 7 (15.22%) Network Security
7 6 (13.04%) Line Management
7 6 (13.04%) 5G
7 6 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (13.04%) Degree
7 6 (13.04%) Law
7 6 (13.04%) Legal
7 6 (13.04%) CCNP
7 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (13.04%) Edge Computing
7 6 (13.04%) Contract Management
7 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.04%) Customer Experience
8 5 (10.87%) WAN
8 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
8 5 (10.87%) CCIE
8 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (10.87%) Network Design
8 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365

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 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (2.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) LAN
2 7 (15.22%) Network Security
2 7 (15.22%) Wireless
3 6 (13.04%) 5G
4 5 (10.87%) WAN
5 4 (8.70%) VPN
6 3 (6.52%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
7 2 (4.35%) Firewall
7 2 (4.35%) Internet
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (2.17%) IP Telephony
8 1 (2.17%) MPLS
8 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.17%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 10 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
5 6 (13.04%) Law
5 6 (13.04%) Legal
6 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Banking
8 2 (4.35%) Electronics
9 1 (2.17%) Local Government
9 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) BYOD
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.17%) IoT
3 1 (2.17%) NHS
3 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) AIX
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
1 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Project Management
2 6 (13.04%) Contract Management
2 6 (13.04%) Customer Experience
2 6 (13.04%) Edge Computing
2 6 (13.04%) Line Management
2 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.87%) Network Design
3 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
3 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.70%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (8.70%) Change Management
4 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (8.70%) Configuration Management
4 4 (8.70%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (8.70%) Incident Response
4 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (8.70%) Scrum
4 4 (8.70%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) CCNP
1 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 5 (10.87%) CCIE
3 3 (6.52%) PMI Certification
3 3 (6.52%) PMP
3 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.17%) APMP
5 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Cisco
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) Adobe
3 3 (6.52%) Darktrace
4 2 (4.35%) BT
4 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Citrix
5 1 (2.17%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.17%) Fujitsu
5 1 (2.17%) Meraki
5 1 (2.17%) NetCracker
5 1 (2.17%) Nokia
5 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.17%) webMethods