Network Support Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Support
Central London > City of London

The median Network Support daily rate in the City of London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 123 146
Rank change year-on-year -1 +23 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.059% 0.048% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.051% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £399
25th Percentile £413 - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.67%
75th Percentile £438 - £619
90th Percentile - - £728
Central London median daily rate £425 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +41.67%

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 1,589 1,963 2,642
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 93.25% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 1,205 1,847
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 £695
90th Percentile £765 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £18.45
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +55.41% -10.30%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £49.69
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -5.41% -9.76%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Network Support job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Network Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Network Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Spyware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto