Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in Central London

Network Specialist
London > Central London

The median Network Specialist daily rate in Central London is £419, 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 121 133 159
Rank change year-on-year +12 +26 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.11% 0.085% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.091% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £410 £496 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £498 £850
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% -41.47% +34.92%
75th Percentile £425 £499 £875
90th Percentile £427 - -
London median daily rate £450 £536 £830
% change year-on-year -16.08% -35.39% +101.21%

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 1,758 2,198 2,915
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 93.61% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,392 2,030
10th Percentile £322 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £544 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.11% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 26 14
10th Percentile £17.61 £21.81 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.54 £27.00 £22.44
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% -5.41% -9.76%
75th Percentile £35.63 £74.38 £48.25
90th Percentile £61.65 £124.75 £63.88
London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.17
% change year-on-year -22.86% -12.86% +23.58%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in Central London

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies 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 13 October 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 +13 2 £419 -15.83% 1
Network Specialist
London

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

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 Central London region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) IGMP
1 2 (100.00%) Multicast
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Arista
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management

Network Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (100.00%) IGMP
1 2 (100.00%) Multicast
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Arista
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds