Network Manager Contracts in England

Network Manager
UK > England

The median Network Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 490 541
Rank change year-on-year +54 +51 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 49 52 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 78
10th Percentile £425 £351 £400
25th Percentile £450 £363 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £668 £624 £632
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Manager in England

Network Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +41 19 £505 +26.17% 32
North of England +26 11 £450 - 22
North West +24 9 £450 +5.88% 11
South East +43 8 £450 -19.28% 33
South West +47 4 - - 10
East of England +27 2 £588 +56.67% 14
Yorkshire +7 1 £500 +11.11% 8
North East - 1 £475 - 3
Network Manager
UK

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 16 (32.65%) Project Management
2 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (28.57%) Agile
3 13 (26.53%) Finance
4 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
5 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
5 11 (22.45%) Firewall
5 11 (22.45%) Cisco
6 9 (18.37%) Data Centre
6 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
7 8 (16.33%) ITIL
7 8 (16.33%) WAN
7 8 (16.33%) Telecoms
8 7 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (14.29%) Service Management
8 7 (14.29%) LAN
9 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
9 6 (12.24%) Wireless
9 6 (12.24%) Azure
9 6 (12.24%) Degree
9 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
10 5 (10.20%) Banking
10 5 (10.20%) Migration
10 5 (10.20%) Change Management
10 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
10 5 (10.20%) PMP
11 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
11 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
11 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (8.16%) Programme Management

Network Manager Skill Set
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 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.12%) Smartsheet
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) Akamai
4 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.45%) Firewall
2 8 (16.33%) WAN
3 7 (14.29%) LAN
4 6 (12.24%) Wireless
5 3 (6.12%) 5G
5 3 (6.12%) Network Security
5 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.12%) VoIP
5 3 (6.12%) VPN
5 3 (6.12%) WLAN
6 2 (4.08%) Internet
6 2 (4.08%) LTE
6 2 (4.08%) PSTN
6 2 (4.08%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (4.08%) SD-WAN
6 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.04%) 2G
7 1 (2.04%) 3G
7 1 (2.04%) IPsec
7 1 (2.04%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
1 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (26.53%) Finance
2 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Telecoms
4 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.20%) Banking
6 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Italian Language
7 3 (6.12%) Military
7 3 (6.12%) Retail
8 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.04%) Automotive
9 1 (2.04%) Legal
9 1 (2.04%) Local Government
9 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.04%) Marketing
9 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (4.08%) Replication
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Life Science
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
1 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Project Management
2 14 (28.57%) Agile
2 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (16.33%) ITIL
4 7 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (14.29%) Service Management
5 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
6 5 (10.20%) Change Management
6 5 (10.20%) Migration
7 4 (8.16%) Business Strategy
7 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.16%) Programme Management
7 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (6.12%) Change Control
8 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (6.12%) Decision-Making
8 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (6.12%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.24%) Degree
4 5 (10.20%) PMP
5 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
6 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.04%) CCNA
7 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) PMO
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.08%) NSN NetAct
2 1 (2.04%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Cisco
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Arista
4 2 (4.08%) Aruba
4 2 (4.08%) BT
4 2 (4.08%) Ericsson
4 2 (4.08%) HP
4 2 (4.08%) Nokia
4 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) TOWER Software
5 1 (2.04%) BMC
5 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.04%) Cramer
5 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.04%) Juniper
5 1 (2.04%) Planview
5 1 (2.04%) Remedy
5 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.04%) Ubiquiti