Network Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Network Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 114 102
Rank change year-on-year +25 -12 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 4 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.34% 0.50% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.54% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £416 £425 £393
25th Percentile £422 £454 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £558 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.52% +17.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £447 £684 £553
90th Percentile £449 £769 £611
South East median daily rate £450 £558 £475
% change year-on-year -19.28% +17.37% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in Berkshire

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in Berkshire

Network Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Manager in Berkshire

Network Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +24 2 £450 -8.16% 2
Bracknell - 1 - -
Network Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) 4G
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Life Science
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) Cramer
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy