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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 365 295
Rank change year-on-year -169 -70 +127
Contract jobs citing Network Management 48 104 254
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.43% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.47% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 54 157
10th Percentile £298 £325 £175
25th Percentile £331 £413 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -4.85% +5.64%
75th Percentile £533 £538 £675
90th Percentile £573 £671 -
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £514
% change year-on-year -8.16% -4.62% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 33
10th Percentile £25.93 £19.51 -
25th Percentile £33.70 £25.79 £40.00
Median hourly rate £46.65 £37.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% -46.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £59.59 £43.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £67.36 £45.75 £91.00
UK median hourly rate £46.65 £37.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +24.39% -46.43% +19.15%

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 34,792 22,163 31,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.27% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,183 14,469 20,624
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -0.88% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 960 2,252
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £15.99
Median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.17 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.90% -21.86% +0.13%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -68 17 £450 -10.00% 6
North of England -92 11 £450 -12.20% 6
South East -67 7 £315 -35.71% 2
West Midlands -50 6 £573 +10.09%
North West -62 6 £515 -1.90% 3
Midlands -63 6 £573 +10.09% 1
Yorkshire -64 4 £450 -10.00% 2
South West -46 3 £513 +20.59% 1
East of England -36 2 £450 +2.86% 1
North East - 1 £135 - 1
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 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) GCP
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.17%) IaaS
4 2 (4.17%) PaaS
4 2 (4.17%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.17%) Firewall
2 13 (27.08%) WAN
3 12 (25.00%) LAN
4 10 (20.83%) Wireless
5 9 (18.75%) Network Security
6 8 (16.67%) SNMP
6 8 (16.67%) WLAN
7 7 (14.58%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (14.58%) TCP/IP
8 6 (12.50%) APPN
8 6 (12.50%) SNA
9 5 (10.42%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (10.42%) OSPF
10 4 (8.33%) BGP
10 4 (8.33%) NetScaler
10 4 (8.33%) SD-WAN
10 4 (8.33%) VLAN
10 4 (8.33%) VoIP
10 4 (8.33%) VPN
10 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
1 1 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Banking
2 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Finance
3 2 (4.17%) Front Office
3 2 (4.17%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (52.08%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.50%) Senior
3 5 (10.42%) Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Administrator
4 3 (6.25%) Banking Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Data Network Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Platform Manager
4 3 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (6.25%) Systems Manager
4 3 (6.25%) Wintel Administrator
4 3 (6.25%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 2 (4.17%) FIX Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) IT Technician
5 2 (4.17%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.50%) Mainframe
3 5 (10.42%) PKI
4 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.08%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
2 6 (12.50%) zOS
3 4 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (14.58%) Migration
2 7 (14.58%) Network Design
3 6 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 5 (10.42%) Architectural Design
4 5 (10.42%) High Availability
5 4 (8.33%) Agile
5 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 4 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 4 (8.33%) Load Balancing
6 3 (6.25%) Change Management
6 3 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (6.25%) Security Patching
6 3 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (4.17%) CI/CD
7 2 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (4.17%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (4.17%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) SQL
2 3 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) Bash
3 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.08%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.58%) DV Cleared
4 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (10.42%) CCNA
6 4 (8.33%) CCNP
6 4 (8.33%) Degree
7 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.08%) CCDA
8 1 (2.08%) CCDP
8 1 (2.08%) CCIE
8 1 (2.08%) CCIP
8 1 (2.08%) CISSP
8 1 (2.08%) CWNA
8 1 (2.08%) HND
8 1 (2.08%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.08%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) NCSC
2 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.17%) KVM
1 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.08%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) RHEV
2 1 (2.08%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) Tivoli NetView
2 5 (10.42%) WMI
3 2 (4.17%) Ansible
3 2 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (4.17%) Terraform
4 1 (2.08%) CASB
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.08%) Nagios
4 1 (2.08%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) Cisco
2 16 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 8 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 7 (14.58%) Fortinet
5 6 (12.50%) F5
5 6 (12.50%) IBM
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 5 (10.42%) Juniper
6 5 (10.42%) Meraki
6 5 (10.42%) ServiceNow
6 5 (10.42%) Splunk
7 3 (6.25%) VMware
8 2 (4.17%) Aruba
8 2 (4.17%) Bloomberg
8 2 (4.17%) Charles River
8 2 (4.17%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.17%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (4.17%) Nokia
9 1 (2.08%) Arista
9 1 (2.08%) Zscaler