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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 363 360
Rank change year-on-year -103 -3 +197
Contract jobs citing Network Management 76 139 182
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.56% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 70 121
10th Percentile £288 £250 £185
25th Percentile £350 £375 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -13.83% +46.88%
75th Percentile £545 £634 £675
90th Percentile £566 £739 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile - £31.63 £36.88
25th Percentile £15.50 £32.19 £67.81
Median hourly rate £16.00 £33.75 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.59% -62.50% +100.00%
75th Percentile £20.94 £34.69 £95.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £34.88 -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year -54.29% -61.11% +100.00%

All Process & 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 28,064 24,952 32,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.52% 88.77% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,908 15,353 21,703
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,766 818 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.39
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 2026. 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 -45 20 £400 -29.82% 10
North of England -65 16 £531 +14.81% 11
North West -32 15 £537 +13.05% 4
South West -6 13 £533 +113.00% 4
East of England -11 11 £445 -22.94% 3
South East -20 9 £350 -33.33% 16
West Midlands -42 7 £375 -18.92% 3
Midlands -52 7 £375 -25.00% 3
Yorkshire -57 1 £210 -50.59% 4
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:

Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Fidessa
1 2 (2.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Azure
2 8 (10.53%) AWS
3 6 (7.89%) GCP
4 5 (6.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.63%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 29 (38.16%) Firewall
2 27 (35.53%) WAN
3 22 (28.95%) Network Security
4 17 (22.37%) Wireless
5 14 (18.42%) LAN
5 14 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (17.11%) Cisco ISE
7 12 (15.79%) TCP/IP
8 11 (14.47%) NetScaler
9 9 (11.84%) DNS
9 9 (11.84%) VPN
10 8 (10.53%) VLAN
11 7 (9.21%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (9.21%) DHCP
11 7 (9.21%) MPLS
11 7 (9.21%) SD-WAN
12 6 (7.89%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (7.89%) WLAN
13 5 (6.58%) IPv4
13 5 (6.58%) IPv6
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.16%) Public Sector
2 10 (13.16%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.53%) Finance
4 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Banking
6 2 (2.63%) Front Office
6 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Electronics
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.32%) Marketing
7 1 (1.32%) Military
7 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (34.21%) Network Engineer
2 17 (22.37%) Administrator
2 17 (22.37%) Systems Administrator
3 15 (19.74%) Platform Manager
3 15 (19.74%) Systems Manager
3 15 (19.74%) Wintel Administrator
3 15 (19.74%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 8 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (10.53%) Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Senior
6 6 (7.89%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 6 (7.89%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Architect
6 6 (7.89%) Asset Management Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Network Architect
6 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Support Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Technical Support
6 6 (7.89%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.68%) Data Centre
2 13 (17.11%) PKI
3 7 (9.21%) Driving Licence
3 7 (9.21%) Management Information System
3 7 (9.21%) NHS
4 6 (7.89%) CMDB
5 3 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.63%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) IoT
7 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.32%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 27 (35.53%) Windows
2 8 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.26%) Linux
4 2 (2.63%) CentOS
4 2 (2.63%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.63%) Unix
4 2 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 16 (21.05%) Network Design
3 15 (19.74%) Load Balancing
4 13 (17.11%) Change Management
4 13 (17.11%) Security Patching
5 11 (14.47%) Impact Assessments
6 9 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.89%) Asset Management
8 6 (7.89%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (7.89%) Service Delivery
9 5 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (6.58%) Incident Response
9 5 (6.58%) ITIL
9 5 (6.58%) Problem Management
9 5 (6.58%) Service Management
9 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.58%) Task Automation
9 5 (6.58%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) Bash
2 2 (2.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 39 (51.32%) Security Cleared
2 18 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 15 (19.74%) DV Cleared
4 12 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.53%) CCNP
5 8 (10.53%) Degree
6 6 (7.89%) ECDL
7 5 (6.58%) CCIE
8 4 (5.26%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (3.95%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.95%) CCIE Security
9 3 (3.95%) CCNA
9 3 (3.95%) CCSP
9 3 (3.95%) CISSP
10 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
10 2 (2.63%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.63%) JNCIP
10 2 (2.63%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.26%) GDPR
2 4 (5.26%) NIST
2 4 (5.26%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) VMware NSX
4 3 (3.95%) KVM
5 2 (2.63%) Docker
5 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.32%) RHEV
6 1 (1.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) Ansible
2 4 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.63%) Progress Chef
3 2 (2.63%) Puppet
3 2 (2.63%) SCCM
3 2 (2.63%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (1.32%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.32%) Nagios
4 1 (1.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 29 (38.16%) Cisco
2 20 (26.32%) Palo Alto
3 16 (21.05%) Meraki
4 9 (11.84%) Fortinet
4 9 (11.84%) VMware
5 6 (7.89%) SolarWinds
6 5 (6.58%) F5
7 4 (5.26%) CheckPoint
7 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
8 3 (3.95%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (3.95%) Juniper
8 3 (3.95%) Nokia
9 2 (2.63%) Apple
9 2 (2.63%) Bloomberg
9 2 (2.63%) Charles River
9 2 (2.63%) Dell
9 2 (2.63%) Forcepoint
9 2 (2.63%) IBM
9 2 (2.63%) Intel
9 2 (2.63%) Red Hat