Network Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Network Manager daily rate in the City of 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 118 129 146
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.048% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.051% 0.076%
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 - - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,600 1,958 2,629
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.46% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,203 1,841
10th Percentile £325 £363 £353
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -8.64%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Network Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Network Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 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:

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