Network Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 394 521
Rank change year-on-year +126 +127 -112
Contract jobs citing Network Management 80 82 101
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.36% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 57 70
10th Percentile £175 £230 £297
25th Percentile £175 £300 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £575
90th Percentile £634 £608 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +7.17% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 7
10th Percentile £67.00 £33.18 £25.95
25th Percentile £67.50 £54.44 £26.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +52.78% +136.84%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.13 £54.75
90th Percentile - £92.75 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £43.74
% change year-on-year +19.15% +34.32% +74.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Network Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Management.

Network Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Network Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Management.

Network Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Network Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (22.50%) Confluence
1 18 (22.50%) SharePoint
2 17 (21.25%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (42.50%) Azure
2 17 (21.25%) Azure Stack
3 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.25%) AWS
4 1 (1.25%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (35.00%) BGP
2 26 (32.50%) Firewall
3 9 (11.25%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (10.00%) IPsec
4 8 (10.00%) SNMP
5 7 (8.75%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (8.75%) Cisco Firepower
5 7 (8.75%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (8.75%) EIGRP
5 7 (8.75%) HSRP
5 7 (8.75%) NetScaler
5 7 (8.75%) OSPF
6 6 (7.50%) Spanning Tree
7 4 (5.00%) 4G
7 4 (5.00%) 5G
7 4 (5.00%) Network Security
7 4 (5.00%) VoIP
8 3 (3.75%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (3.75%) IOS XR
8 3 (3.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
1 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (22.50%) JIRA
General
1 29 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.00%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.50%) Finance
5 3 (3.75%) Banking
6 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.50%) Military
7 1 (1.25%) Billing
7 1 (1.25%) Electronics
7 1 (1.25%) French Language
7 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.25%) Marketing
7 1 (1.25%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.25%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (31.25%) Architect
2 24 (30.00%) Network Architect
2 24 (30.00%) Systems Architect
3 22 (27.50%) Lead
4 21 (26.25%) Lead Architect
5 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Engineer
6 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure Technician
6 12 (15.00%) Network Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Senior
8 3 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.75%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Consultant
9 2 (2.50%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Network Communications Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Network Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 1 (1.25%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.50%) Jinja
2 3 (3.75%) Django
2 3 (3.75%) JSON
2 3 (3.75%) REST
2 3 (3.75%) RESTful
2 3 (3.75%) YANG
3 1 (1.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.25%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (21.25%) Private Cloud
3 12 (15.00%) NHS
4 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.75%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 34 (42.50%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (8.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (40.00%) ITIL
2 26 (32.50%) Systems Engineering
3 24 (30.00%) ITSM
4 21 (26.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 20 (25.00%) Service Management
6 19 (23.75%) Capacity Management
7 17 (21.25%) Security Monitoring
8 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (12.50%) Change Management
10 7 (8.75%) DevOps
11 4 (5.00%) Agile
11 4 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (5.00%) Inventory Management
12 3 (3.75%) CI/CD
12 3 (3.75%) Contract Negotiation
12 3 (3.75%) Due Diligence
12 3 (3.75%) OO
12 3 (3.75%) OOD
12 3 (3.75%) Technical Leadership
12 3 (3.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) Python
2 6 (7.50%) Perl
2 6 (7.50%) Tcl
3 3 (3.75%) Bash
3 3 (3.75%) Java
3 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.75%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (67.50%) Security Cleared
2 37 (46.25%) SC Cleared
3 24 (30.00%) Degree
4 17 (21.25%) DV Cleared
5 8 (10.00%) CCNP
5 8 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (8.75%) CCNA
7 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.25%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.25%) MCSE
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.25%) PMP
7 1 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.25%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (1.25%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.75%) Firmware
2 1 (1.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 17 (21.25%) SCOM
2 10 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 38 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.25%) Atlassian
3 14 (17.50%) Cisco
4 13 (16.25%) Veeam
4 13 (16.25%) VMware
5 9 (11.25%) SolarWinds
6 8 (10.00%) Citrix
6 8 (10.00%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.75%) TOWER Software
8 2 (2.50%) Sparx
9 1 (1.25%) Genesys
9 1 (1.25%) NETGEAR
9 1 (1.25%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.25%) SAP
9 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.25%) Sophos