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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 413 332
Rank change year-on-year -160 -81 +82
Contract jobs citing Network Management 40 98 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.089% 0.36% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.40% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 131
10th Percentile £301 £301 £213
25th Percentile £425 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -10.91% +3.53%
75th Percentile £573 £552 £675
90th Percentile £582 £645 -
UK median daily rate £480 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 31
10th Percentile £56.75 £18.05 £40.00
25th Percentile £59.39 £22.12 £65.63
Median hourly rate £63.77 £30.17 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.40% -56.91% +55.56%
75th Percentile £68.16 £39.46 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.79 £44.28 -
UK median hourly rate £63.77 £30.17 £70.00
% change year-on-year +111.40% -56.91% +47.37%

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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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
North of England -100 14 £450 -19.82% 2
Yorkshire -49 10 £450 -10.00% 1
Midlands -50 8 £581 +46.16% 1
West Midlands -51 8 £581 +46.16%
London -86 8 £488 +2.63% 15
South East -64 4 £315 -27.50% 4
South West -51 3 £475 +11.76% 3
North West -73 3 £626 +4.77% 1
East of England -24 1 £450 +16.13% 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) GCP
4 2 (5.00%) IaaS
4 2 (5.00%) PaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (42.50%) Firewall
2 16 (40.00%) LAN
3 14 (35.00%) Wireless
4 12 (30.00%) WLAN
5 11 (27.50%) WAN
6 10 (25.00%) Network Security
7 9 (22.50%) OSPF
7 9 (22.50%) SNMP
8 8 (20.00%) BGP
8 8 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (17.50%) SD-WAN
9 7 (17.50%) VLAN
9 7 (17.50%) VPN
10 6 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (15.00%) VoIP
11 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
11 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (10.00%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Police
2 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.00%) Banking
3 2 (5.00%) Legal
3 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) IT Technician
6 1 (2.50%) Administrator
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Engineering Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Process Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) z/OS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.50%) Hibernate
1 1 (2.50%) RESTful
1 1 (2.50%) Spring
1 1 (2.50%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Data Centre
2 6 (15.00%) PKI
3 5 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Mainframe
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.50%) CMDB
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.50%) SCADA
5 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Windows
2 9 (22.50%) Linux
3 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.00%) zOS
5 1 (2.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (25.00%) High Availability
2 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 7 (17.50%) Migration
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
6 5 (12.50%) Agile
7 4 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 4 (10.00%) Network Design
8 3 (7.50%) Customer Service
8 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (7.50%) SIEM
8 3 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (5.00%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (5.00%) DevOps
9 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 2 (5.00%) Mentoring
9 2 (5.00%) Network Architecture
9 2 (5.00%) Project Delivery
9 2 (5.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
3 2 (5.00%) Java
3 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (22.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.00%) CCNP
4 6 (15.00%) Degree
5 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 3 (7.50%) CCNA
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.50%) CCDA
7 1 (2.50%) CCDP
7 1 (2.50%) CCIE
7 1 (2.50%) CCIP
7 1 (2.50%) CISSP
7 1 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.50%) CWNA
7 1 (2.50%) HND
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) GDPR
1 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) NCSC
2 1 (2.50%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
1 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) KVM
2 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) WMI
2 3 (7.50%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) Terraform
3 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.00%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (2.50%) CASB
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (2.50%) Puppet
4 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Cisco
2 17 (42.50%) Palo Alto
3 10 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 9 (22.50%) F5
5 8 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
6 7 (17.50%) Splunk
7 6 (15.00%) Juniper
7 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (10.00%) CheckPoint
9 3 (7.50%) HP
10 2 (5.00%) Aruba
10 2 (5.00%) Forcepoint
10 2 (5.00%) IBM
10 2 (5.00%) VMware
11 1 (2.50%) Arista
11 1 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
11 1 (2.50%) Meraki
11 1 (2.50%) Zscaler