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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 367 307
Rank change year-on-year -157 -60 +158
Contract jobs citing Network Management 58 109 248
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.45% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.49% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 54 162
10th Percentile £262 £250 £181
25th Percentile £322 £369 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.86% +22.38%
75th Percentile £537 £558 £675
90th Percentile £545 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.93% +21.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 13
10th Percentile - £19.51 -
25th Percentile £15.50 £25.79 -
Median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% -6.25% -28.89%
75th Percentile £83.15 £43.13 £95.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £45.75 -
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.67% -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 33,181 22,150 32,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.82% 90.86% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,274 14,593 21,355
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,050 865 2,166
10th Percentile £15.49 £14.99 £12.89
25th Percentile £19.48 £19.00 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.95 £70.44
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £31.58 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.71% -2.83% -13.33%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -66 20 £400 -11.11% 9
North of England -100 13 £517 +3.35% 4
North West -60 10 £525 -4.55% 4
South West -28 6 £513 +20.59% 1
West Midlands -55 6 £450 -24.34% 5
South East -61 6 £395 -19.39% 6
Midlands -67 6 £450 -24.34% 6
East of England -35 5 £450 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire -61 2 £293 -40.00%
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 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Fidessa
1 2 (3.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) Azure
2 8 (13.79%) AWS
3 7 (12.07%) GCP
4 5 (8.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.72%) IaaS
7 1 (1.72%) PaaS
7 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.93%) WAN
2 19 (32.76%) Firewall
3 15 (25.86%) LAN
3 15 (25.86%) Wireless
4 11 (18.97%) Cisco ISE
5 10 (17.24%) Network Security
5 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
5 10 (17.24%) VPN
6 9 (15.52%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (13.79%) NetScaler
7 8 (13.79%) OSPF
7 8 (13.79%) VLAN
7 8 (13.79%) WLAN
8 7 (12.07%) BGP
8 7 (12.07%) MPLS
8 7 (12.07%) SD-WAN
9 6 (10.34%) APPN
9 6 (10.34%) DNS
9 6 (10.34%) IPv6
9 6 (10.34%) SNA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.34%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Banking
6 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Front Office
7 2 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Network Engineer
2 8 (13.79%) Analyst
3 7 (12.07%) Architect
3 7 (12.07%) Network Architect
4 6 (10.34%) Administrator
4 6 (10.34%) Platform Manager
4 6 (10.34%) Senior
4 6 (10.34%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (10.34%) Systems Manager
4 6 (10.34%) Wintel Administrator
4 6 (10.34%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Asset Management Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Data Network Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Lead
5 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (31.03%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.79%) PKI
3 6 (10.34%) Mainframe
4 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
5 4 (6.90%) NHS
6 3 (5.17%) CMDB
6 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.72%) IoT
8 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.86%) Windows
2 7 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) zOS
4 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.72%) Linux
5 1 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Network Architecture
2 14 (24.14%) Network Design
3 12 (20.69%) Load Balancing
4 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (13.79%) Impact Assessments
4 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.34%) Change Management
5 6 (10.34%) ITIL
5 6 (10.34%) Migration
5 6 (10.34%) Security Patching
5 6 (10.34%) Zero Trust
6 5 (8.62%) Agile
6 5 (8.62%) Incident Management
6 5 (8.62%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (8.62%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.90%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (6.90%) Customer Service
7 4 (6.90%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (53.45%) Security Cleared
2 17 (29.31%) SC Cleared
3 11 (18.97%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (17.24%) DV Cleared
5 9 (15.52%) CCNP
5 9 (15.52%) Degree
6 6 (10.34%) CCNA
7 5 (8.62%) CCIE
8 4 (6.90%) AWS Certification
8 4 (6.90%) Azure Certification
8 4 (6.90%) CISSP
9 3 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (5.17%) CCIE Security
9 3 (5.17%) CCSP
9 3 (5.17%) ECDL
10 2 (3.45%) JNCIE
10 2 (3.45%) JNCIP
10 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (1.72%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.72%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.90%) GDPR
2 4 (6.90%) NIST
2 4 (6.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.72%) NCSC
3 1 (1.72%) PMO
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.90%) VMware NSX
4 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.45%) KVM
5 1 (1.72%) RHEV
5 1 (1.72%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Tivoli NetView
2 5 (8.62%) Ansible
2 5 (8.62%) Terraform
3 2 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.72%) CASB
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.72%) Nagios
4 1 (1.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 27 (46.55%) Cisco
2 16 (27.59%) Palo Alto
3 14 (24.14%) Meraki
4 7 (12.07%) Fortinet
4 7 (12.07%) Juniper
4 7 (12.07%) SolarWinds
4 7 (12.07%) VMware
5 6 (10.34%) IBM
6 5 (8.62%) F5
7 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
8 2 (3.45%) Aruba
8 2 (3.45%) Bloomberg
8 2 (3.45%) Charles River
8 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.45%) Forcepoint
8 2 (3.45%) Nokia
9 1 (1.72%) Ciena
9 1 (1.72%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.72%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.72%) Veeam