NaaS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Network as a Service (NaaS)
London > Central London

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NaaS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.096% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £708 - -
25th Percentile £719 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £869 - -
90th Percentile £903 - -
London median daily rate £775 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

NaaS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 169 224 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.09% 10.82% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 153 180
10th Percentile £212 £256 £223
25th Percentile £413 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £598
90th Percentile £738 £700 £713
London median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £20.69 - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%
75th Percentile £26.11 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £30.39 - £54.07
London median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.25
% change year-on-year -25.48% +33.66% -1.79%

NaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

NaaS job vacancy trend in Central London

NaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NaaS in Central London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NaaS in Central London

NaaS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NaaS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
City of London - 2 £775 - 1
NaaS
London

NaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BT 21CN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Network Services Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Transformation Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) AIOps
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT