Network Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Network Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Network Manager daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £477 - -
25th Percentile £483 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £533 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
East of England median daily rate £510 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -35.34%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 314 253 345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.20% 81.09% 80.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 124 146
10th Percentile £182 £302 £193
25th Percentile £335 £400 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £462 £495
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.67% +4.21%
75th Percentile £580 £557 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 31 124
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £13.80 £21.22 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £15.03
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +52.38% -3.06%
75th Percentile £24.49 £26.38 £21.35
90th Percentile £39.50 £48.75 £54.63
East of England median hourly rate £25.08 £50.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -49.85% +26.42% +88.33%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Network Manager job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Network Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Network Manager
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 2 £510 - 2
Network Manager
East of England

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Network Manager 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 2 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Route 53
1 2 (100.00%) Stealthwatch
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) jetNEXUS
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 2 (100.00%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) jetNEXUS