Network Management Contracts in England

Network Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 353 424
Rank change year-on-year -58 +71 +167
Contract jobs citing Network Management 92 183 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.55% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.64% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 110 130
10th Percentile £325 £211 £279
25th Percentile £409 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £545 £545
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% - +21.11%
75th Percentile £554 £675 £682
90th Percentile £650 - £743
UK median daily rate £490 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.55% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 26 10
10th Percentile £18.05 £65.63 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.12 £67.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £30.17 £70.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -56.91% +14.29% +16.92%
75th Percentile £39.46 £72.50 £96.88
90th Percentile £44.28 - £101.38
UK median hourly rate £30.17 £70.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -56.91% +43.59% -9.72%

All Process and 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 25,047 28,779 40,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.70% 85.90% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,036 18,796 28,423
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £758 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,684 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.15 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.41 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.77% -4.91% +61.02%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

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 5 August 2025. 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 0 36 £599 +16.26% 12
North West 0 25 £600 +16.50% 7
London -2 22 £500 -12.28% 39
South West -37 18 £425 -29.17% 9
Yorkshire +4 11 £500 - 4
South East -4 7 £490 -14.78% 29
East of England +8 5 £388 +96.20% 9
West Midlands -4 4 £398 +8.90% 6
Midlands -11 4 £398 +8.90% 12
Network Management
UK

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.09%) CMS
1 1 (1.09%) Confluence
1 1 (1.09%) IIS
1 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.04%) Azure
2 6 (6.52%) AWS
3 4 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.17%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.09%) GCP
5 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.09%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 49 (53.26%) Firewall
2 33 (35.87%) WAN
3 24 (26.09%) Network Security
4 20 (21.74%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
6 15 (16.30%) NetScaler
6 15 (16.30%) SD-WAN
7 14 (15.22%) BGP
8 12 (13.04%) OSPF
9 9 (9.78%) EIGRP
10 8 (8.70%) LAN
11 7 (7.61%) 5G
11 7 (7.61%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (7.61%) DNS
11 7 (7.61%) VPN
11 7 (7.61%) Wireless
12 6 (6.52%) VLAN
13 5 (5.43%) DHCP
14 4 (4.35%) TCP/IP
14 4 (4.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Power BI
1 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) JIRA
1 2 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.09%) GitLab
General
1 22 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) Finance
3 9 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.52%) Billing
6 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.09%) Back Office
7 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (38.04%) Network Engineer
2 16 (17.39%) Administrator
3 14 (15.22%) Firewall Engineer
4 13 (14.13%) Platform Manager
4 13 (14.13%) Systems Administrator
4 13 (14.13%) Systems Manager
4 13 (14.13%) Wintel Administrator
4 13 (14.13%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 12 (13.04%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (8.70%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.52%) OSS Project Manager
7 6 (6.52%) Telecoms Manager
7 6 (6.52%) Telecoms Project Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Active Directory Support
8 4 (4.35%) Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (4.35%) Senior
9 3 (3.26%) Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.48%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.09%) JSON
2 1 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.65%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.87%) PKI
3 7 (7.61%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.09%) CMDB
6 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.09%) IoT
6 1 (1.09%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.09%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Replication
6 1 (1.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.48%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.09%) Linux
3 1 (1.09%) Unix
3 1 (1.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.09%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.09%) Network Design
2 20 (21.74%) Network Architecture
3 19 (20.65%) Load Balancing
4 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.13%) Migration
6 12 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
6 12 (13.04%) Security Patching
7 11 (11.96%) Agile
8 9 (9.78%) Change Management
8 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (8.70%) Project Management
9 8 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (7.61%) High Availability
10 7 (7.61%) PRINCE2
10 7 (7.61%) Scrum
10 7 (7.61%) Waterfall
11 6 (6.52%) CRM
11 6 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (6.52%) Fault Management
11 6 (6.52%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.13%) Python
2 4 (4.35%) Bash
2 4 (4.35%) Perl
2 4 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (1.09%) JCL
3 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 19 (20.65%) SC Cleared
3 15 (16.30%) DV Cleared
4 11 (11.96%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (8.70%) CCNP
5 8 (8.70%) Degree
6 7 (7.61%) PMI Certification
6 7 (7.61%) PMP
7 5 (5.43%) CCIE
8 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.26%) CCNA
10 2 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.09%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (1.09%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.09%) GRC
2 1 (1.09%) NCSC
2 1 (1.09%) NIST
2 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.09%) SLA
2 1 (1.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) Firmware
2 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (10.87%) Ansible
2 6 (6.52%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (2.17%) Nagios
3 2 (2.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.09%) OpenView
4 1 (1.09%) OPNET
4 1 (1.09%) SCCM
4 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 46 (50.00%) Cisco
2 28 (30.43%) Palo Alto
3 17 (18.48%) CheckPoint
4 15 (16.30%) Meraki
5 8 (8.70%) Fortinet
6 7 (7.61%) Juniper
6 7 (7.61%) Microsoft
6 7 (7.61%) Nokia
7 6 (6.52%) Amdocs
7 6 (6.52%) Ciena
7 6 (6.52%) Ericsson
7 6 (6.52%) NetCracker
7 6 (6.52%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.26%) F5
8 3 (3.26%) HP
9 2 (2.17%) Apple
9 2 (2.17%) Arista
9 2 (2.17%) Huawei
9 2 (2.17%) Infoblox
9 2 (2.17%) Qualys