Network Consultant Contracts in England

Network Consultant
UK > England

The median Network Consultant daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 514 614
Rank change year-on-year +58 +100 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 29 28 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.075% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.081% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 26
10th Percentile £419 £367 £413
25th Percentile £450 £407 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £541 £513 £647
90th Percentile £571 £662 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £44.25 -
25th Percentile - £46.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% -
75th Percentile - £56.88 £67.50
90th Percentile - £58.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -19.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
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 Network Consultant 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
London +44 17 £525 -10.64% 7
North of England +21 4 £500 +7.24% 2
South East +41 3 £450 -7.69% 1
Midlands - 3 £438 - 2
South West +44 2 £488 +21.88% 5
Yorkshire +8 2 £488 +4.56%
West Midlands - 2 £438 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £550 -
North West - 1 £500 - 2
Network Consultant
UK

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (58.62%) Cisco
2 13 (44.83%) BGP
3 12 (41.38%) WAN
3 12 (41.38%) Firewall
3 12 (41.38%) Network Design
4 10 (34.48%) VPN
5 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
6 8 (27.59%) SD-WAN
6 8 (27.59%) Python
6 8 (27.59%) Data Centre
7 7 (24.14%) Fortinet
7 7 (24.14%) CCNP
7 7 (24.14%) OSPF
7 7 (24.14%) Ethernet VPN
7 7 (24.14%) VXLAN
8 6 (20.69%) Wireless
8 6 (20.69%) MPLS
8 6 (20.69%) LAN
8 6 (20.69%) AWS
9 5 (17.24%) Azure
9 5 (17.24%) Network Security
9 5 (17.24%) Palo Alto
9 5 (17.24%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (17.24%) FortiGate
9 5 (17.24%) Multicast
9 5 (17.24%) Ansible
9 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (17.24%) Juniper
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft

Network Consultant Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) AWS
2 5 (17.24%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) BGP
2 12 (41.38%) Firewall
2 12 (41.38%) WAN
3 10 (34.48%) VPN
4 8 (27.59%) SD-WAN
5 7 (24.14%) Ethernet VPN
5 7 (24.14%) OSPF
5 7 (24.14%) VXLAN
6 6 (20.69%) LAN
6 6 (20.69%) MPLS
6 6 (20.69%) Wireless
7 5 (17.24%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (17.24%) Multicast
7 5 (17.24%) Network Security
7 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
8 3 (10.34%) DNS
8 3 (10.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (10.34%) Unified Communications
8 3 (10.34%) VLAN
8 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
1 2 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Network Design
2 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
4 3 (10.34%) Fault Management
4 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
4 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
4 3 (10.34%) Network Virtualisation
4 3 (10.34%) Project Management
5 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.90%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (6.90%) Migration
5 2 (6.90%) Network Management
5 2 (6.90%) Presales
5 2 (6.90%) Regression Testing
5 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (6.90%) Test Strategy
5 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) Java
4 1 (3.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (24.14%) CCNP
3 5 (17.24%) CCIE
4 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) CCIE Data Center
5 2 (6.90%) ISEB
5 2 (6.90%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.45%) CCIE Wireless
6 1 (3.45%) CCNA
6 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.34%) vSphere
3 2 (6.90%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Ansible
1 5 (17.24%) FortiGate
2 4 (13.79%) Terraform
3 3 (10.34%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Cisco
2 7 (24.14%) Fortinet
3 5 (17.24%) Juniper
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Palo Alto
3 5 (17.24%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.90%) Arista
5 2 (6.90%) Aruba
5 2 (6.90%) Infoblox
5 2 (6.90%) Mitel
6 1 (3.45%) AirMagnet
6 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.45%) Ekahau
6 1 (3.45%) F5
6 1 (3.45%) Oracle
6 1 (3.45%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.45%) Zscaler