Network Management Contracts in Birmingham

Network Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +19 +5 +15
Contract jobs citing Network Management 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 0.13% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.16% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £179 - -
25th Percentile £234 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 - £320
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.84%
75th Percentile £435 - -
90th Percentile £492 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £521 - £320
% change year-on-year - - +42.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £14.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Network Management 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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in Birmingham

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in Birmingham

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in Birmingham

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Management in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in Birmingham

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Infoblox
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler