Network Management Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Network Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Network Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 54 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 +25 +20
Contract jobs citing Network Management 3 15 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.39% 1.81% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 2.19% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £71 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £73 £488
Median % change year-on-year +486.21% -85.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £438 £74 £506
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £490 £250 £519
% change year-on-year +96.00% -51.81% +93.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% - -
75th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.14% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 712 686 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.63% 82.75% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 364 588
10th Percentile £247 £232 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £645
90th Percentile £750 £723 £702
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 108 127
10th Percentile £12.82 £38.80 £26.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £61.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -6.05%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Network Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Network Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Network Management

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Network Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Network Management

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) 5G
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Billing
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) OSS Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Fault Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (33.33%) DSDM
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Amdocs
1 2 (66.67%) Ciena
1 2 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 2 (66.67%) NetCracker
1 2 (66.67%) Nokia