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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 355 337
Rank change year-on-year -157 -18 +143
Contract jobs citing Network Management 64 130 242
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.53% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.58% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 60 155
10th Percentile £270 £250 £182
25th Percentile £333 £398 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +35.29%
75th Percentile £538 £641 £675
90th Percentile £556 £753 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 14
10th Percentile - £21.70 £23.38
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% -12.50% -28.89%
75th Percentile £46.77 £38.75 £81.25
90th Percentile £93.75 £44.00 £95.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -54.29% -12.50% -40.74%

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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
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 £614 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -77 21 £400 -20.00% 8
South East -52 11 £350 -28.39% 9
North of England -104 11 £522 +4.35% 4
North West -63 9 £531 +6.20% 2
South West -28 7 £523 +35.71% 1
East of England -30 7 - - 3
Midlands -57 6 £450 -13.54% 2
West Midlands -63 6 £450 -13.54% 2
Yorkshire -65 1 £135 -72.31% 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 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Fidessa
1 2 (3.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
2 9 (14.06%) GCP
3 5 (7.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.13%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) IaaS
6 1 (1.56%) PaaS
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (39.06%) WAN
2 20 (31.25%) Firewall
3 18 (28.13%) LAN
3 18 (28.13%) Wireless
4 14 (21.88%) TCP/IP
5 12 (18.75%) Network Security
6 10 (15.63%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (15.63%) VPN
7 9 (14.06%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (12.50%) MPLS
8 8 (12.50%) NetScaler
8 8 (12.50%) OSPF
8 8 (12.50%) VLAN
8 8 (12.50%) WLAN
9 7 (10.94%) BGP
9 7 (10.94%) DNS
10 6 (9.38%) DHCP
10 6 (9.38%) IPv6
10 6 (9.38%) SD-WAN
10 6 (9.38%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Finance
6 3 (4.69%) Banking
6 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Front Office
7 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Electronics
8 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 10 (15.63%) Analyst
3 8 (12.50%) Administrator
3 8 (12.50%) Platform Manager
3 8 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (12.50%) Systems Manager
3 8 (12.50%) Wintel Administrator
3 8 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 7 (10.94%) Architect
4 7 (10.94%) Network Architect
5 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Asset Management Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Support Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Technical Support
5 6 (9.38%) Technical Support Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.13%) Data Centre
2 10 (15.63%) PKI
3 8 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 7 (10.94%) NHS
5 6 (9.38%) CMDB
5 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
6 5 (7.81%) Mainframe
7 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.56%) IoT
10 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (31.25%) Windows
2 10 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.81%) zOS
4 3 (4.69%) Linux
4 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.13%) CentOS
5 2 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.13%) Unix
6 1 (1.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 14 (21.88%) Network Design
3 12 (18.75%) Load Balancing
4 10 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (14.06%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.50%) Change Management
6 8 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (12.50%) Security Patching
7 6 (9.38%) Asset Management
7 6 (9.38%) Incident Management
7 6 (9.38%) ITIL
7 6 (9.38%) Zero Trust
8 5 (7.81%) Incident Response
8 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (6.25%) Agile
9 4 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (6.25%) TOGAF
9 4 (6.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (3.13%) Bash
2 2 (3.13%) Perl
3 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 19 (29.69%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.19%) DV Cleared
4 10 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (14.06%) CCNP
6 8 (12.50%) Degree
7 6 (9.38%) ECDL
8 5 (7.81%) CCIE
8 5 (7.81%) CCNA
9 4 (6.25%) AWS Certification
9 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
9 4 (6.25%) CISSP
10 3 (4.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (4.69%) CCIE Security
10 3 (4.69%) CCSP
11 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (3.13%) JNCIP
11 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (3.13%) RHCE
11 2 (3.13%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.25%) GDPR
2 4 (6.25%) NIST
2 4 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.69%) SLA
4 1 (1.56%) NCSC
4 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.25%) KVM
2 4 (6.25%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.13%) Docker
3 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.56%) RHEV
4 1 (1.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Ansible
2 5 (7.81%) Terraform
2 5 (7.81%) Tivoli NetView
3 2 (3.13%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.13%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.13%) Puppet
4 1 (1.56%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (1.56%) CASB
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.56%) Nagios
4 1 (1.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 25 (39.06%) Cisco
2 16 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 14 (21.88%) Meraki
4 9 (14.06%) VMware
5 7 (10.94%) Fortinet
5 7 (10.94%) Juniper
5 7 (10.94%) SolarWinds
6 5 (7.81%) F5
6 5 (7.81%) IBM
7 3 (4.69%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.69%) Nokia
8 2 (3.13%) Aruba
8 2 (3.13%) Bloomberg
8 2 (3.13%) Charles River
8 2 (3.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.13%) Ciena
8 2 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (3.13%) Forcepoint
8 2 (3.13%) Mitel
8 2 (3.13%) Red Hat