Converged Networks Contracts in England

Network Convergence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Converged Networks skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Converged Networks 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 477 530 650
Rank change year-on-year +53 +120 +124
Contract jobs citing Converged Networks 8 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.032% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% 0.24% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 2
10th Percentile £436 £588 £465
25th Percentile £485 £613 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £635 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +20.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £672 £563
90th Percentile - - £585
UK median daily rate £575 £635 £525
% change year-on-year -9.45% +20.95% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Converged Networks falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Converged Networks as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Converged Networks in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Converged Networks in England.

Daily rate trend for Converged Networks in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Converged Networks in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Converged Networks in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Converged Networks in England.

Hourly rate trend for Converged Networks in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Converged Networks within the England 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
North of England +14 6 £575 -9.45%
North West +12 6 £575 -9.45%
London +38 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
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UK

Converged Networks
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (87.50%) Broadband
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) BGP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (50.00%) HSRP
2 4 (50.00%) IPsec
2 4 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Load Balancing
2 3 (37.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) Energy Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Test Assurance
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle