Network Management Contract Job Trends in England

Network Management
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 374 412
Rank change year-on-year -70 +38 +172
Contract jobs citing Network Management 75 147 171
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.55% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 70 117
10th Percentile £210 £264 £278
25th Percentile £358 £400 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% -14.89% +39.88%
75th Percentile £543 £638 £681
90th Percentile £565 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £449 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -10.30% -13.04% +30.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile - £33.88 £14.68
25th Percentile £15.50 £56.56 £15.69
Median hourly rate £16.00 £70.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -77.14% +143.48% -46.76%
75th Percentile £17.63 £72.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £42.83 £73.25 -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £70.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -77.14% +143.48% -46.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,674 26,919 35,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.55% 86.57% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,953 16,411 24,057
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,726 969 1,471
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.81 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.45 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +26.43%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Management job vacancy trend in England

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 West +14 17 £490 +96.00% 7
London -39 17 £400 -33.33% 26
East of England -6 12 £423 -26.84% 4
North of England -47 12 £539 +16.43% 14
North West -25 10 £540 +13.68% 12
South East -16 9 £350 -34.27% 22
West Midlands -35 8 £375 -11.76% 5
Midlands -46 8 £375 -18.92% 11
Yorkshire -32 2 £210 -50.59% 2
Network Management
UK

Network Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.67%) Azure
2 11 (14.67%) AWS
3 7 (9.33%) GCP
4 6 (8.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.33%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (5.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 26 (34.67%) Firewall
2 25 (33.33%) WAN
3 24 (32.00%) Network Security
4 17 (22.67%) Wireless
5 13 (17.33%) LAN
6 10 (13.33%) SD-WAN
6 10 (13.33%) VLAN
6 10 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (12.00%) BGP
7 9 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (12.00%) TCP/IP
7 9 (12.00%) VPN
8 8 (10.67%) DNS
9 7 (9.33%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (9.33%) DHCP
9 7 (9.33%) NetScaler
9 7 (9.33%) OSPF
10 6 (8.00%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (6.67%) MPLS
11 5 (6.67%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (18.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.33%) Finance
6 3 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Billing
8 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) Administrator
1 22 (29.33%) Network Engineer
2 20 (26.67%) Systems Administrator
3 18 (24.00%) Platform Manager
3 18 (24.00%) Systems Manager
3 18 (24.00%) Wintel Administrator
3 18 (24.00%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 8 (10.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (9.33%) Analyst
5 7 (9.33%) Support Analyst
6 6 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (8.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 6 (8.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (8.00%) Asset Management Analyst
6 6 (8.00%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (8.00%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.00%) Technical Support Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.67%) PKI
2 13 (17.33%) Data Centre
3 7 (9.33%) Driving Licence
3 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
4 6 (8.00%) CMDB
4 6 (8.00%) NHS
5 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.67%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.33%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.33%) Replication
6 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 32 (42.67%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.33%) Linux
4 3 (4.00%) Unix
4 3 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.67%) CentOS
5 2 (2.67%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Change Management
1 14 (18.67%) Network Architecture
1 14 (18.67%) Security Patching
2 12 (16.00%) Load Balancing
2 12 (16.00%) Network Design
3 10 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (9.33%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (9.33%) Incident Response
5 7 (9.33%) Task Automation
6 6 (8.00%) Asset Management
6 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.00%) DevOps
7 5 (6.67%) Configuration Management
7 5 (6.67%) ITIL
7 5 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (6.67%) Service Delivery
7 5 (6.67%) Service Management
7 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) Python
2 4 (5.33%) Bash
3 2 (2.67%) Perl
4 1 (1.33%) JCL
4 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (42.67%) Security Cleared
2 18 (24.00%) DV Cleared
3 11 (14.67%) SC Cleared
4 10 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (9.33%) CCNP
5 7 (9.33%) Degree
6 6 (8.00%) ECDL
7 4 (5.33%) CCIE
8 3 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (4.00%) CCIE Security
8 3 (4.00%) CCSP
8 3 (4.00%) CISSP
9 2 (2.67%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.67%) JNCIE
9 2 (2.67%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.67%) RHCE
9 2 (2.67%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.67%) NIST
2 5 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (5.33%) GDPR
3 4 (5.33%) SLA
4 1 (1.33%) GRC
4 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.33%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.67%) Docker
4 2 (2.67%) KVM
4 2 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (13.33%) Ansible
2 6 (8.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.67%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.67%) Progress Chef
3 2 (2.67%) Puppet
3 2 (2.67%) SCCM
4 1 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (29.33%) Cisco
2 17 (22.67%) Palo Alto
3 12 (16.00%) Meraki
4 9 (12.00%) Fortinet
5 8 (10.67%) VMware
6 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
6 6 (8.00%) SolarWinds
7 4 (5.33%) F5
8 3 (4.00%) Apple
8 3 (4.00%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.00%) Dell
8 3 (4.00%) Juniper
8 3 (4.00%) Nokia
9 2 (2.67%) Ciena
9 2 (2.67%) Forcepoint
9 2 (2.67%) Google
9 2 (2.67%) Huawei
9 2 (2.67%) Intel
9 2 (2.67%) Qualys
9 2 (2.67%) Red Hat