Network Specialist Contracts in Central London

Network Specialist
London > Central London

The median Network Specialist daily rate in Central London is £850 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 176 198
Rank change year-on-year +47 +22 -46
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.051% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.054% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £391 £523
25th Percentile £825 £434 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £538 £579
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% -7.09% +12.88%
75th Percentile £875 £609 £696
90th Percentile - £634 £759
London median daily rate £825 £800 £404
% change year-on-year +3.13% +98.14% -19.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,345 3,736 4,330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 95.38% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,671 2,549 3,315
10th Percentile £343 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +6.67%
75th Percentile £679 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 32 50
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.53 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.56 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% -6.04% +77.47%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.95 £84.88 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Network Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in Central London

Network Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Specialist in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Network Specialist in Central London

Network Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Specialist in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Specialist in Central London

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 +48 5 £850 +58.14%
Network Specialist
London

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (60.00%) PKI
3 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Juniper
3 3 (60.00%) OSPF
3 3 (60.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (20.00%) MFC
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) FCoE
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring

Network Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WLAN
3 3 (60.00%) IPsec
3 3 (60.00%) OSPF
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (20.00%) FCoE
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto