Network Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

Network Manager
London > Central London

The median Network Manager daily rate in Central London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 131 149
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.043% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.046% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £575 - £688
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -15.38% +26.83% -2.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,756 2,173 2,824
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 93.30% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,216 1,364 1,983
10th Percentile £325 £363 £343
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £682 £688
90th Percentile £764 £775 £800
London median daily rate £544 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -1.11% -3.93% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 18
10th Percentile £17.93 £21.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £35.75 £82.19 £51.56
90th Percentile £59.55 £129.85 £70.25
London median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year -28.87% -0.66% +17.05%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Network Manager job vacancy trend in Central London

Network Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in Central London

Network Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in Central London

Network Manager
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 Network Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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 +11 3 £550 -15.38% 8
Network Manager
London

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Arista
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMP

Network Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Arista
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow