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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 418 345
Rank change year-on-year -162 -73 +78
Contract jobs citing Network Management 46 85 186
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.31% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.34% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 49 112
10th Percentile £301 £320 £182
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £675
90th Percentile £582 £643 -
UK median daily rate £475 £490 £515
% change year-on-year -3.06% -4.85% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 25
10th Percentile £51.63 £18.05 -
25th Percentile - £22.12 £67.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.17 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.33% -56.91% -9.68%
75th Percentile - £39.46 £72.50
90th Percentile £56.69 £44.28 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.17 £70.00
% change year-on-year +82.33% -56.91% +40.00%

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 38,995 25,146 28,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.84% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,229 16,020 18,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,544 1,434 1,645
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.60 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -39.40% -1.19%

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 15 August 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
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 15 August 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
North of England -81 13 £450 -15.49% 5
London -80 11 £475 -5.00% 48
Yorkshire -43 10 £450 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -41 8 £581 +46.16% 4
Midlands -42 8 £581 +46.16% 4
South East -65 8 £305 -37.76% 15
North West -65 3 £626 +15.93% 3
East of England -23 2 £438 +12.90% 2
South West -67 2 £475 +11.76% 3
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 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.35%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.17%) AWS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.17%) IaaS
4 1 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) Firewall
2 15 (32.61%) LAN
3 13 (28.26%) Wireless
3 13 (28.26%) WLAN
4 11 (23.91%) WAN
5 10 (21.74%) Network Security
5 10 (21.74%) SD-WAN
6 9 (19.57%) BGP
6 9 (19.57%) OSPF
6 9 (19.57%) SNMP
6 9 (19.57%) VLAN
7 7 (15.22%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (15.22%) DNS
8 6 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (13.04%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (13.04%) DHCP
8 6 (13.04%) TCP/IP
8 6 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (10.87%) VPN
10 4 (8.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Police
3 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Banking
4 2 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 7 (15.22%) Senior
3 5 (10.87%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Developer
4 4 (8.70%) Software Developer
5 3 (6.52%) Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Administrator
7 1 (2.17%) Business Process Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Data Migration Specialist
7 1 (2.17%) Help Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (2.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Network Administrator
7 1 (2.17%) Process Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Hibernate
1 1 (2.17%) RESTful
1 1 (2.17%) RFC 2544
1 1 (2.17%) Spring
1 1 (2.17%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) PKI
3 4 (8.70%) CMDB
3 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.52%) Mainframe
5 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.35%) SCADA
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) IoT
6 1 (2.17%) Life Science
6 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 8 (17.39%) Linux
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) zOS
4 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) High Availability
2 10 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.57%) ITIL
4 8 (17.39%) Architectural Design
5 7 (15.22%) Agile
5 7 (15.22%) Migration
6 4 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 4 (8.70%) Incident Management
6 4 (8.70%) Software Engineering
7 3 (6.52%) Change Management
7 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.52%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (6.52%) Network Design
7 3 (6.52%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.35%) Configuration Management
8 2 (4.35%) Data Modelling
8 2 (4.35%) Service Management
8 2 (4.35%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) Java
3 4 (8.70%) Python
4 2 (4.35%) Bash
4 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.22%) CCNP
5 6 (13.04%) CCNA
6 5 (10.87%) Degree
7 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.17%) CISSP
8 1 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.17%) CWNA
8 1 (2.17%) HND
8 1 (2.17%) ISTQB
8 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Firmware
1 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) WMI
2 3 (6.52%) Nagios
2 3 (6.52%) Tivoli NetView
3 2 (4.35%) Ansible
3 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (2.17%) Puppet
4 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (60.87%) Cisco
2 15 (32.61%) Palo Alto
3 10 (21.74%) ServiceNow
3 10 (21.74%) SolarWinds
4 9 (19.57%) F5
4 9 (19.57%) Fortinet
5 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
5 7 (15.22%) Splunk
6 4 (8.70%) Juniper
6 4 (8.70%) VMware
7 3 (6.52%) CheckPoint
7 3 (6.52%) IBM
7 3 (6.52%) Meraki
7 3 (6.52%) SevOne
8 2 (4.35%) Forcepoint
8 2 (4.35%) HP
8 2 (4.35%) NetScout
9 1 (2.17%) Dell
9 1 (2.17%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.17%) NetApp