Network Support Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Support
England > West Midlands

The median Network Support daily rate in the West Midlands is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 127 161
Rank change year-on-year +58 +34 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 44 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.28% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 0.49% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 0 4
10th Percentile £313 - -
25th Percentile £316 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £258
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.96%
75th Percentile £388 - £306
90th Percentile - - £325
England median daily rate £325 £380 £345
% change year-on-year -14.47% +10.14% -17.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year +100.00% -17.24% +20.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,758 2,233 3,420
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 94.90% 96.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 1,533 2,500
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £707 £694 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 79
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.41
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +9.71%
75th Percentile £41.44 £26.82 £19.93
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Solihull +4 36 £375 - 1
Birmingham +8 6 £200 -
Shropshire - 2 £320 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £320 -
Network Support
England

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 38 (86.36%) WAN
2 36 (81.82%) Juniper
3 34 (77.27%) MPLS
3 34 (77.27%) BGP
3 34 (77.27%) IPsec
3 34 (77.27%) PKI
4 30 (68.18%) Security Cleared
5 21 (47.73%) Load Balancing
5 21 (47.73%) Junos
5 21 (47.73%) VPN
6 20 (45.45%) Network Design
7 9 (20.45%) Incident Management
8 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
9 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
10 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (11.36%) Cisco
10 5 (11.36%) CCNA
11 4 (9.09%) LAN
11 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
12 3 (6.82%) Aruba
12 3 (6.82%) Computer Science
12 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
12 3 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
12 3 (6.82%) DNS
12 3 (6.82%) OpenView
12 3 (6.82%) HP
12 3 (6.82%) DHCP
12 3 (6.82%) Ethernet

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (6.82%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 38 (86.36%) WAN
2 34 (77.27%) BGP
2 34 (77.27%) IPsec
2 34 (77.27%) MPLS
3 21 (47.73%) Junos
3 21 (47.73%) VPN
4 4 (9.09%) LAN
5 3 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (6.82%) DHCP
5 3 (6.82%) DNS
5 3 (6.82%) Ethereal
5 3 (6.82%) Ethernet
5 3 (6.82%) Wireless
5 3 (6.82%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.27%) Firewall
6 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
General
1 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
2 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.82%) Legal
3 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (77.27%) PKI
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Load Balancing
2 20 (45.45%) Network Design
3 9 (20.45%) Incident Management
4 3 (6.82%) Computer Science
4 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.55%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 30 (68.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) CCNA
3 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.82%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) OpenView
Vendors
1 36 (81.82%) Juniper
2 5 (11.36%) Cisco
3 3 (6.82%) Aruba
3 3 (6.82%) HP