Network Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Network Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Network Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 77
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 +26
Contract jobs citing Network Management 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.62% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.50% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £411 - -
25th Percentile £417 £506 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £513 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% -26.79% +40.00%
75th Percentile £442 £519 £725
90th Percentile £447 - -
Scotland median daily rate £431 £513 £700
% change year-on-year -15.85% -26.79% +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 574 599 789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.55% 93.89% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 341 470
10th Percentile £200 £200 £212
25th Percentile £406 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 29
10th Percentile £17.42 £20.93 £14.73
25th Percentile £19.44 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -7.35% +21.13%
75th Percentile £68.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +10.05%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Network Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Network Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Network Management

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Network Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Network Management

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
4 1 (25.00%) Network Design
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) F5
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto