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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 372 312
Rank change year-on-year -166 -60 +139
Contract jobs citing Network Management 52 107 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.44% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.48% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 56 163
10th Percentile £244 £250 £185
25th Percentile £303 £381 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +21.18%
75th Percentile £521 £556 £675
90th Percentile £538 £672 £688
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +21.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.51 -
25th Percentile £19.44 £25.79 -
Median hourly rate £46.65 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% -6.25% -28.89%
75th Percentile £77.84 £43.13 £95.00
90th Percentile £87.39 £45.75 -
UK median hourly rate £46.65 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +24.39% -6.25% -20.00%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -79 19 £400 -15.79% 5
North of England -99 12 £450 -12.20% 4
North West -57 7 £517 -1.57% 2
South East -60 7 £315 -35.71% 5
South West -36 5 £513 +20.59% 1
West Midlands -59 4 £575 -1.75% 3
Yorkshire -60 4 £450 -10.00% 2
Midlands -73 4 £575 -1.75% 3
East of England -33 3 £450 -5.26% 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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.92%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.23%) Azure
2 8 (15.38%) AWS
3 7 (13.46%) GCP
4 5 (9.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (3.85%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.92%) IaaS
7 1 (1.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (36.54%) WAN
2 18 (34.62%) Firewall
3 16 (30.77%) LAN
4 14 (26.92%) Wireless
5 11 (21.15%) Network Security
5 11 (21.15%) WLAN
6 10 (19.23%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (19.23%) VPN
7 9 (17.31%) SD-WAN
8 8 (15.38%) OSPF
8 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
8 8 (15.38%) VLAN
9 7 (13.46%) BGP
9 7 (13.46%) MPLS
10 6 (11.54%) APPN
10 6 (11.54%) DNS
10 6 (11.54%) IPv6
10 6 (11.54%) SNA
10 6 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (9.62%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Finance
4 4 (7.69%) Banking
4 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Front Office
6 2 (3.85%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Electronics
7 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Marketing
7 1 (1.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (48.08%) Network Engineer
2 7 (13.46%) Architect
2 7 (13.46%) Network Architect
3 6 (11.54%) Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Administrator
4 5 (9.62%) Platform Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Senior
4 5 (9.62%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (9.62%) Systems Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Wintel Administrator
4 5 (9.62%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 3 (5.77%) Banking Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Data Network Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.85%) IT Technician
6 2 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.85%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 7 (13.46%) PKI
3 6 (11.54%) Mainframe
4 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.85%) NHS
6 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) CMDB
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.92%) IoT
7 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.08%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) zOS
3 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.92%) Linux
5 1 (1.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 11 (21.15%) Network Design
3 9 (17.31%) Load Balancing
4 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.54%) ITIL
6 6 (11.54%) Migration
6 6 (11.54%) Zero Trust
7 5 (9.62%) Change Management
7 5 (9.62%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
7 5 (9.62%) Security Patching
8 4 (7.69%) Cost Optimisation
8 4 (7.69%) Customer Service
8 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (7.69%) Incident Management
8 4 (7.69%) Incident Response
8 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (7.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (48.08%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 9 (17.31%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (17.31%) DV Cleared
4 8 (15.38%) Degree
5 7 (13.46%) CCNP
6 5 (9.62%) CCIE
6 5 (9.62%) CCNA
7 4 (7.69%) AWS Certification
7 4 (7.69%) Azure Certification
7 4 (7.69%) CISSP
8 3 (5.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (5.77%) CCIE Security
8 3 (5.77%) CCSP
9 2 (3.85%) JNCIE
9 2 (3.85%) JNCIP
9 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (1.92%) CCDA
10 1 (1.92%) CCDP
10 1 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (7.69%) NIST
2 4 (7.69%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) NCSC
3 1 (1.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.69%) VMware NSX
3 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.85%) KVM
5 1 (1.92%) RHEV
5 1 (1.92%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Tivoli NetView
2 5 (9.62%) Ansible
2 5 (9.62%) Terraform
3 2 (3.85%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.92%) CASB
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.92%) Nagios
4 1 (1.92%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 27 (51.92%) Cisco
2 15 (28.85%) Palo Alto
3 11 (21.15%) Meraki
4 7 (13.46%) Fortinet
4 7 (13.46%) Juniper
4 7 (13.46%) SolarWinds
4 7 (13.46%) VMware
5 6 (11.54%) IBM
6 5 (9.62%) F5
7 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
8 2 (3.85%) Aruba
8 2 (3.85%) Bloomberg
8 2 (3.85%) Charles River
8 2 (3.85%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.85%) Forcepoint
8 2 (3.85%) Nokia
9 1 (1.92%) Ciena
9 1 (1.92%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.92%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.92%) Veeam