Network Support Contracts

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 634 782
Rank change year-on-year +133 +148 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 78 67 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.12% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 33 32
10th Percentile £184 £214 £178
25th Percentile £263 £350 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £388 £319
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +21.57% -20.31%
75th Percentile £388 £488 £414
90th Percentile £393 £595 £521
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £375 £325
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £21.25 £19.68
25th Percentile £27.50 £30.63 £20.69
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +24.18% +155.00%
75th Percentile £32.50 £49.38 £56.00
90th Percentile - £49.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -12.04% +260.00%

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 39,532 53,805 83,473
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,714 37,580 58,666
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,503 2,037
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.30 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +129 77 £325 -14.47% 26
UK excluding London +87 68 £325 -13.33% 22
Midlands +61 44 £375 +7.14% 6
West Midlands +55 41 £375 - 5
South East +23 12 £198 -62.74% 7
North of England +21 11 £205 -41.43% 8
Work from Home +109 9 £250 -35.48% 5
London +72 7 £375 -18.92% 5
North West +10 7 £295 -15.71% 5
Yorkshire +14 4 £203 -10.00% 3
East Midlands +14 3 £275 -21.43% 1
South West +3 3 £295 -26.25% 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 41 (52.56%) WAN
1 41 (52.56%) Juniper
2 38 (48.72%) BGP
3 37 (47.44%) IPsec
3 37 (47.44%) Security Cleared
4 34 (43.59%) MPLS
5 33 (42.31%) PKI
6 32 (41.03%) VPN
7 26 (33.33%) Firewall
8 25 (32.05%) Cisco
9 24 (30.77%) Junos
10 21 (26.92%) Load Balancing
11 20 (25.64%) Network Design
12 16 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
13 14 (17.95%) Wireless
14 13 (16.67%) CCNA
15 12 (15.38%) DNS
15 12 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (14.10%) DHCP
16 11 (14.10%) LAN
17 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
18 9 (11.54%) Incident Management
19 8 (10.26%) VLAN
19 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
19 8 (10.26%) CCNP
19 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
20 7 (8.97%) TCP/IP
20 7 (8.97%) Telecoms
21 6 (7.69%) Network Monitoring

Network Support 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:

Applications
1 5 (6.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.28%) Azure
1 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 41 (52.56%) WAN
2 38 (48.72%) BGP
3 37 (47.44%) IPsec
4 34 (43.59%) MPLS
5 32 (41.03%) VPN
6 26 (33.33%) Firewall
7 24 (30.77%) Junos
8 14 (17.95%) Wireless
9 12 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 12 (15.38%) DNS
10 11 (14.10%) DHCP
10 11 (14.10%) LAN
11 8 (10.26%) VLAN
12 7 (8.97%) TCP/IP
13 5 (6.41%) Ethereal
13 5 (6.41%) Ethernet
13 5 (6.41%) SD-WAN
13 5 (6.41%) Wireshark
14 4 (5.13%) OSPF
15 3 (3.85%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.97%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (1.28%) Advertising
5 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (42.31%) PKI
2 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.28%) CCTV
4 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.92%) Load Balancing
2 20 (25.64%) Network Design
3 9 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 6 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (6.41%) Business Case
5 5 (6.41%) Computer Science
5 5 (6.41%) Problem Management
6 4 (5.13%) ITIL
7 2 (2.56%) Data Protection
7 2 (2.56%) Incident Response
7 2 (2.56%) Mentoring
7 2 (2.56%) Network Management
7 2 (2.56%) Project Delivery
8 1 (1.28%) Critical Thinking
8 1 (1.28%) Customer Service
8 1 (1.28%) Inventory Management
8 1 (1.28%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (1.28%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (1.28%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (1.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 37 (47.44%) Security Cleared
2 16 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (16.67%) CCNA
4 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
5 8 (10.26%) CCNP
6 5 (6.41%) Degree
7 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.28%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Firmware
1 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) OpenView
2 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (52.56%) Juniper
2 25 (32.05%) Cisco
3 3 (3.85%) F5
3 3 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.56%) Aruba
4 2 (2.56%) Citrix
4 2 (2.56%) HP
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.56%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.28%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.28%) Brocade
5 1 (1.28%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.28%) VMware
5 1 (1.28%) Zscaler