Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Network Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Network Specialist daily rate in Bristol is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 66 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 6 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.80% 0.80% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.84% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile £382 £435 -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 693 829 990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 95.29% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 433 648
10th Percentile £235 £213 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £638
90th Percentile £775 £701 £700
South West median daily rate £510 £505 £538
% change year-on-year +0.99% -6.05% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 150 125
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.50 £25.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £54.06 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.55% +4.23% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £58.84
% change year-on-year -62.74% +14.73% +1.53%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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 Bristol.

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in Bristol

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 Bristol region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
1 5 (83.33%) Network Design
2 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) LTE
3 3 (50.00%) Actix
3 3 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 3 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (50.00%) Ericsson
3 3 (50.00%) Nokia
3 3 (50.00%) 4G
3 3 (50.00%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Release Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) 2G
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing

Network Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 3 (50.00%) 4G
2 3 (50.00%) LTE
2 3 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (16.67%) 2G
3 1 (16.67%) 5G
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Network Design
2 3 (50.00%) High Availability
2 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Actix
1 3 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
5 Network Specialist jobs in the South West