Network Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Management
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 117 124
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +36
Contract jobs citing Network Management 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.042% 0.29% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.31% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £451 -
25th Percentile £463 £518 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.38% +12.84% -17.39%
75th Percentile £488 £554 £506
90th Percentile - - £525
Central London median daily rate £475 £536 £475
% change year-on-year -11.38% +12.84% -9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,030 1,591 1,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.62% 93.70% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 1,005 1,363
10th Percentile £358 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 13
10th Percentile £17.38 £18.15 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.33 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +7.90% -25.00%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.48 £40.00
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.85% -20.54%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Network Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Management

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Management

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CWNA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto