Network Management Contracts in England

Network Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 327 420
Rank change year-on-year -77 +93 +156
Contract jobs citing Network Management 94 233 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.63% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.73% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 138 140
10th Percentile £301 £192 £217
25th Percentile £400 £463 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £677
90th Percentile £648 - £743
UK median daily rate £450 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -12.64% +0.51% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 34 11
10th Percentile £19.51 £40.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £25.79 £45.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +55.56% -16.67%
75th Percentile £43.13 £72.50 £92.50
90th Percentile £45.75 - £101.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £70.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -46.43% +43.59% -9.72%

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 24,147 31,870 43,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.93% 85.64% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,520 20,680 30,282
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,216 2,288 1,563
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%
75th Percentile £54.81 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £72.73 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
% change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 6 July 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 July 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 +18 37 £513 -0.49% 27
North West +15 26 £525 +1.94% 16
London +34 23 £450 -14.29% 37
South West -46 15 £425 -15.00% 10
Yorkshire +13 11 £500 -18.03% 10
East of England +32 8 £400 +102.53% 5
South East -20 7 £435 -33.15% 25
Midlands +15 4 £398 -33.75% 7
West Midlands +9 4 £398 -33.75% 6
Network Management
UK

Network Management
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 1 (1.06%) CMS
1 1 (1.06%) Confluence
1 1 (1.06%) IIS
1 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.83%) Azure
2 6 (6.38%) AWS
3 5 (5.32%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.13%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) Akamai
5 1 (1.06%) GCP
5 1 (1.06%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 50 (53.19%) Firewall
2 34 (36.17%) WAN
3 23 (24.47%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (20.21%) BGP
5 18 (19.15%) Network Security
6 17 (18.09%) OSPF
7 16 (17.02%) Cisco ISE
7 16 (17.02%) NetScaler
8 15 (15.96%) SD-WAN
9 13 (13.83%) EIGRP
10 10 (10.64%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (10.64%) LAN
10 10 (10.64%) VPN
11 9 (9.57%) IPsec
12 8 (8.51%) HSRP
13 7 (7.45%) 5G
13 7 (7.45%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (7.45%) Wireless
14 6 (6.38%) DNS
14 6 (6.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Power BI
1 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.06%) GitLab
2 1 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 22 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.09%) Finance
3 10 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.64%) Telecoms
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.38%) Billing
6 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.06%) Back Office
7 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (43.62%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.89%) Administrator
2 14 (14.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (11.70%) Systems Administrator
4 10 (10.64%) Firewall Engineer
4 10 (10.64%) Platform Manager
4 10 (10.64%) Systems Manager
4 10 (10.64%) Wintel Administrator
4 10 (10.64%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 7 (7.45%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.38%) OSS Project Manager
6 6 (6.38%) Telecoms Manager
6 6 (6.38%) Telecoms Project Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Senior
8 4 (4.26%) Active Directory Support
8 4 (4.26%) Architect
8 4 (4.26%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (19.15%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.06%) HTML
2 1 (1.06%) JSON
2 1 (1.06%) REST
2 1 (1.06%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (24.47%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.51%) PKI
3 7 (7.45%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.06%) CMDB
6 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.06%) FMCG
6 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.06%) IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.06%) Replication
6 1 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Windows
2 3 (3.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.06%) Unix
3 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.53%) Network Design
2 19 (20.21%) Load Balancing
2 19 (20.21%) Network Architecture
3 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (13.83%) Impact Assessments
5 12 (12.77%) Migration
6 11 (11.70%) Agile
7 10 (10.64%) Security Patching
8 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (8.51%) Change Management
9 8 (8.51%) ITIL
9 8 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (7.45%) High Availability
10 7 (7.45%) Project Management
10 7 (7.45%) Scrum
11 6 (6.38%) CRM
11 6 (6.38%) Network Monitoring
11 6 (6.38%) PRINCE2
11 6 (6.38%) Risk Management
11 6 (6.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.83%) Python
2 4 (4.26%) Bash
2 4 (4.26%) Perl
2 4 (4.26%) SQL
3 1 (1.06%) JCL
3 1 (1.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.06%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (39.36%) Security Cleared
2 24 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.83%) DV Cleared
4 10 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (8.51%) Degree
6 7 (7.45%) CCNP
7 6 (6.38%) PMI Certification
7 6 (6.38%) PMP
8 4 (4.26%) CCIE
8 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.19%) CCNA
10 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.06%) CCDP
11 1 (1.06%) ECDL
11 1 (1.06%) HNC
11 1 (1.06%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.06%) GRC
2 1 (1.06%) NCSC
2 1 (1.06%) NIST
2 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.06%) QA
2 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.06%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Firmware
2 2 (2.13%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.06%) Docker
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (10.64%) Ansible
2 6 (6.38%) Amdocs OSS
3 3 (3.19%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.13%) Nagios
4 2 (2.13%) Terraform
5 1 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.06%) OpenView
5 1 (1.06%) OPNET
5 1 (1.06%) SCCM
5 1 (1.06%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (53.19%) Cisco
2 30 (31.91%) Palo Alto
3 18 (19.15%) CheckPoint
4 15 (15.96%) Meraki
5 10 (10.64%) SolarWinds
6 8 (8.51%) Juniper
6 8 (8.51%) Nokia
7 7 (7.45%) Ericsson
7 7 (7.45%) Microsoft
8 6 (6.38%) Amdocs
8 6 (6.38%) Ciena
8 6 (6.38%) NetCracker
9 5 (5.32%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.26%) F5
11 3 (3.19%) Apple
11 3 (3.19%) Arista
11 3 (3.19%) HP
12 2 (2.13%) Tenable
12 2 (2.13%) VMware
12 2 (2.13%) Zscaler