Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Network Specialist daily rate in the City of 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 116 129 147
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.094% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.10% 0.037%
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £419 £498 £850
% change year-on-year -15.83% -41.47% +34.92%

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 1,602 1,985 2,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.68% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 1,226 1,872
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.75% +2.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 13
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £26.03 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.04 £48.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.68% +26.32% -7.88%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £65.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -5.41% -9.76%

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

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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