NaaS Contract Job Trends in England

Network as a Service (NaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring NaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 507 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing NaaS 3 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.036% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.090% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £605 -
25th Percentile £431 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% - -
75th Percentile £444 £786 -
90th Percentile - £806 -
UK median daily rate £438 £725 -
% change year-on-year -39.66% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

NaaS 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 3,350 3,774 5,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.49% 12.21% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 2,185 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £234 £213
25th Percentile £359 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £685 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 130 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.78
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.75 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% -11.71% +34.10%

NaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

NaaS job vacancy trend in England

NaaS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NaaS

NaaS
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 NaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
South East - 2 £438 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
NaaS
UK

NaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Broadband
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) 5G
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
3 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) Observability
1 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CWSP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Zscaler