Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Network Specialist daily rate in Birmingham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £495 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 594 673 736
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.92% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 435 502
10th Percentile £243 £200 £228
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £564 £603 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 12 22
10th Percentile - £15.75 £14.60
25th Percentile £12.62 £21.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.06 £28.02
Median % change year-on-year -18.20% -10.55% +47.47%
75th Percentile £26.51 £53.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.17 £57.05 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
% change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Network Specialist Skill Set
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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 Network Specialist jobs in Birmingham