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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 636 772
Rank change year-on-year +131 +136 -129
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 77 67 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.12% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.12% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 34
10th Percentile £184 £214 £180
25th Percentile £263 £350 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £388 £333
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +16.54% -16.88%
75th Percentile £388 £497 £406
90th Percentile £393 £593 £514
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £375 £338
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -19.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £21.25 £17.10
25th Percentile £27.50 £30.63 £17.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +150.00% +26.67%
75th Percentile £32.50 £49.38 £21.38
90th Percentile - £49.75 £22.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 £19.88
% change year-on-year - +138.99% +32.50%

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
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% +10.53%
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 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +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 10 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 10 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 +115 76 £325 -16.67% 27
UK excluding London +82 68 £325 -13.33% 22
Midlands +58 45 £375 +7.14% 4
West Midlands +49 42 £375 - 3
South East +27 12 £198 -61.27% 7
North of England +27 10 £205 -41.43% 9
Work from Home +105 9 £250 -35.48% 5
London +82 6 £375 -18.92% 7
North West +15 6 £295 -15.71% 5
Yorkshire +20 4 £203 -10.00% 4
East Midlands +23 3 £275 -21.43% 1
South West +19 3 £295 -26.25% 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 42 (54.55%) WAN
1 42 (54.55%) Juniper
2 39 (50.65%) BGP
3 38 (49.35%) IPsec
3 38 (49.35%) Security Cleared
4 35 (45.45%) MPLS
5 34 (44.16%) PKI
6 32 (41.56%) VPN
7 25 (32.47%) Firewall
8 24 (31.17%) Cisco
8 24 (31.17%) Junos
9 21 (27.27%) Load Balancing
10 20 (25.97%) Network Design
11 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
12 14 (18.18%) Wireless
13 12 (15.58%) CCNA
13 12 (15.58%) DNS
13 12 (15.58%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (14.29%) DHCP
14 11 (14.29%) LAN
15 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
16 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
16 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
17 8 (10.39%) Data Centre
17 8 (10.39%) VLAN
18 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
18 7 (9.09%) CCNP
19 6 (7.79%) Telecoms
20 5 (6.49%) Business Case

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 (6.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
1 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 42 (54.55%) WAN
2 39 (50.65%) BGP
3 38 (49.35%) IPsec
4 35 (45.45%) MPLS
5 32 (41.56%) VPN
6 25 (32.47%) Firewall
7 24 (31.17%) Junos
8 14 (18.18%) Wireless
9 12 (15.58%) Cisco Nexus
9 12 (15.58%) DNS
10 11 (14.29%) DHCP
10 11 (14.29%) LAN
11 8 (10.39%) VLAN
12 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
13 5 (6.49%) Ethereal
13 5 (6.49%) Ethernet
13 5 (6.49%) SD-WAN
13 5 (6.49%) Wireshark
14 4 (5.19%) OSPF
15 3 (3.90%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.79%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.60%) Legal
5 1 (1.30%) Advertising
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (44.16%) PKI
2 8 (10.39%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) Load Balancing
2 20 (25.97%) Network Design
3 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
4 5 (6.49%) Business Case
4 5 (6.49%) Computer Science
4 5 (6.49%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (6.49%) Problem Management
5 4 (5.19%) ITIL
6 2 (2.60%) Data Protection
6 2 (2.60%) Incident Response
6 2 (2.60%) Mentoring
6 2 (2.60%) Network Management
6 2 (2.60%) Project Delivery
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (1.30%) Change Control
7 1 (1.30%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (1.30%) Customer Service
7 1 (1.30%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (1.30%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (1.30%) Knowledge Transfer
Qualifications
1 38 (49.35%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (15.58%) CCNA
4 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.09%) CCNP
6 5 (6.49%) Degree
7 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Firmware
1 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) OpenView
2 2 (2.60%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 42 (54.55%) Juniper
2 24 (31.17%) Cisco
3 3 (3.90%) F5
3 3 (3.90%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.60%) Aruba
4 2 (2.60%) Citrix
4 2 (2.60%) HP
4 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.30%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.30%) Brocade
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.30%) VMware
5 1 (1.30%) Zscaler