Network Planning Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Network Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 86 117
Rank change year-on-year -27 +31 -10
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.22% 0.18% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £358 -
25th Percentile £563 £370 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £406 £424
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -4.19% -4.45%
75th Percentile £588 £458 £436
90th Percentile - £479 -
South East median daily rate £575 £463 £424
% change year-on-year +24.32% +9.08% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £13.67 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Network Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,507 1,052 1,709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.71% 93.43% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 652 855
10th Percentile £306 £325 £248
25th Percentile £401 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £509
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.67% -3.05%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 27 110
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.76 £17.45
25th Percentile £73.40 £32.05 £41.31
Median hourly rate £83.58 £61.50 £60.53
Median % change year-on-year +35.91% +1.60% -0.57%
75th Percentile £88.00 £78.60 £71.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Network Planning job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Planning

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Planning

Network Planning
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 Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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 -28 3 £575 +41.54% 1
Network Planning
South East

Network Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Appian
1 1 (25.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (25.00%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DWDM
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Product Owner
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
3 1 (25.00%) Project Owner
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Owner
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Process Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
3 1 (25.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) RAD
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) APMP
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) MAPM
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft