Network Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Optimisation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Network Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £669 -
% change year-on-year -25.26% - -

All Process & 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 664 570 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.25% 88.92% 84.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 375 379
10th Percentile £249 £200 £283
25th Percentile £400 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% -2.56%
75th Percentile £579 £638 £588
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 16 25
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £13.60
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.63 £27.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -36.37% +242.34%
75th Percentile £23.50 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £56.25 £69.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.25
% change year-on-year -6.21% -23.58% +66.81%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Network Optimisation job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Optimisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft