Network Optimisation Contracts in Birmingham

Network Optimisation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Network Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Optimisation 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 49 66 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Optimisation 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.19% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £143 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 - -
75th Percentile £148 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £145 - -
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 Optimisation 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 Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in Birmingham

Network Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Network Optimisation in Birmingham

Network Optimisation
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 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Security
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler