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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 351 338
Rank change year-on-year -132 -13 +166
Contract jobs citing Network Management 69 142 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.55% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.61% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 67 138
10th Percentile £222 £259 £185
25th Percentile £329 £378 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -13.04% +39.06%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £675
90th Percentile £554 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 14
10th Percentile - £32.00 £23.38
25th Percentile £15.50 £33.13 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% -12.50% -9.86%
75th Percentile £46.77 £36.88 £81.25
90th Percentile £93.75 £38.00 £95.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £36.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -55.86% -9.38% -11.11%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -65 20 £400 -21.95% 5
South East -38 12 £345 -32.68% 7
North of England -90 11 £522 +9.84% 5
East of England -20 10 £445 -15.24%
South West -24 9 £533 +113.00% 5
North West -55 9 £531 +8.92% 3
West Midlands -48 7 £375 -27.95% 3
Midlands -57 7 £375 -34.53% 3
Yorkshire -62 1 £210 -50.59% 2
North East - 1 £135 -
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 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Fidessa
1 2 (2.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.39%) Azure
2 9 (13.04%) AWS
2 9 (13.04%) GCP
3 5 (7.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.90%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.45%) IaaS
6 1 (1.45%) PaaS
6 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.23%) WAN
2 21 (30.43%) Firewall
3 20 (28.99%) Wireless
4 17 (24.64%) LAN
5 15 (21.74%) Network Security
6 13 (18.84%) TCP/IP
7 11 (15.94%) VPN
8 10 (14.49%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (14.49%) VLAN
8 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (11.59%) MPLS
9 8 (11.59%) NetScaler
9 8 (11.59%) OSPF
9 8 (11.59%) WLAN
10 7 (10.14%) BGP
10 7 (10.14%) DNS
11 6 (8.70%) DHCP
11 6 (8.70%) IPv6
11 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
11 6 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 8 (11.59%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Finance
6 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Front Office
7 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Electronics
8 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (37.68%) Network Engineer
2 13 (18.84%) Administrator
2 13 (18.84%) Systems Administrator
3 11 (15.94%) Platform Manager
3 11 (15.94%) Systems Manager
3 11 (15.94%) Wintel Administrator
3 11 (15.94%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (11.59%) Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Architect
5 7 (10.14%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Asset Management Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Senior
6 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.70%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.90%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.09%) Data Centre
2 13 (18.84%) PKI
3 7 (10.14%) Driving Licence
3 7 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.14%) NHS
4 6 (8.70%) CMDB
5 4 (5.80%) Mainframe
5 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.45%) IoT
8 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.45%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 26 (37.68%) Windows
2 10 (14.49%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.25%) Linux
4 4 (5.80%) zOS
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.90%) CentOS
6 2 (2.90%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.90%) Unix
7 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Network Architecture
2 14 (20.29%) Network Design
3 12 (17.39%) Load Balancing
4 11 (15.94%) Change Management
4 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (15.94%) Security Patching
5 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (11.59%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (8.70%) Asset Management
7 6 (8.70%) Incident Management
7 6 (8.70%) Service Delivery
7 6 (8.70%) Zero Trust
8 5 (7.25%) Incident Response
8 5 (7.25%) ITIL
8 5 (7.25%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.80%) Cost Optimisation
9 4 (5.80%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) Bash
2 2 (2.90%) Perl
3 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (55.07%) Security Cleared
2 20 (28.99%) SC Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) DV Cleared
4 11 (15.94%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (11.59%) CCNP
5 8 (11.59%) Degree
6 6 (8.70%) ECDL
7 5 (7.25%) CCIE
8 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
8 4 (5.80%) CCNA
9 3 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.35%) CCIE Security
9 3 (4.35%) CCSP
9 3 (4.35%) CISSP
10 2 (2.90%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.90%) JNCIP
10 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (2.90%) RHCE
10 2 (2.90%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
2 4 (5.80%) NIST
2 4 (5.80%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.80%) SLA
3 1 (1.45%) NCSC
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.80%) KVM
3 4 (5.80%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.90%) Docker
4 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.45%) RHEV
5 1 (1.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Ansible
2 5 (7.25%) Terraform
3 4 (5.80%) Tivoli NetView
4 2 (2.90%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.90%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.90%) Puppet
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (1.45%) CASB
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.45%) Nagios
5 1 (1.45%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 26 (37.68%) Cisco
2 18 (26.09%) Palo Alto
3 14 (20.29%) Meraki
4 11 (15.94%) VMware
5 7 (10.14%) Fortinet
5 7 (10.14%) SolarWinds
6 6 (8.70%) Juniper
7 5 (7.25%) F5
7 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
8 4 (5.80%) IBM
9 3 (4.35%) Nokia
10 2 (2.90%) Apple
10 2 (2.90%) Bloomberg
10 2 (2.90%) Charles River
10 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.90%) Dell
10 2 (2.90%) Forcepoint
10 2 (2.90%) Intel
10 2 (2.90%) Mitel
10 2 (2.90%) Red Hat