Network Management Contracts in Cumbria

Network Management
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 25 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -
Contract jobs citing Network Management 26 15 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.33% 5.79% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.57% 6.05% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 1
10th Percentile £393 £463 -
25th Percentile £413 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £486
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +5.97% -
75th Percentile £638 £515 -
90th Percentile £640 £519 -
North West median daily rate £563 £514 £200
% change year-on-year +9.49% +156.88% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in Cumbria

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in Cumbria

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in Cumbria

Network Management
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Barrow-in-Furness +9 23 £563 +9.22% 1
Network Management
North West

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) Firewall
2 24 (92.31%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (69.23%) Cisco ISE
3 18 (69.23%) NetScaler
4 16 (61.54%) WAN
5 7 (26.92%) BGP
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco Firepower
5 7 (26.92%) EIGRP
5 7 (26.92%) HSRP
5 7 (26.92%) IPsec
5 7 (26.92%) OSPF
General
1 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (65.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Load Balancing
1 19 (73.08%) Network Design
2 14 (53.85%) Network Architecture
3 12 (46.15%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (23.08%) ITIL
5 1 (3.85%) Agile
5 1 (3.85%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
1 26 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 16 (61.54%) Meraki
3 7 (26.92%) SolarWinds
4 6 (23.08%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft