Network Manager Contracts in England

Network Manager
UK > England

The median Network Manager daily rate in England is £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 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
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 505 520
Rank change year-on-year +62 +15 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 63 36 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.10% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.11% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 25 72
10th Percentile £421 £320 £317
25th Percentile £425 £363 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £547 £575 £600
90th Percentile £654 £782 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £445 £500
% change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.14 - -
Median hourly rate £37.28 - -
75th Percentile £38.42 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.28 - -

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 25,120 32,522 44,057
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 93.02% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,330 21,447 31,121
10th Percentile £288 £300 £308
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,256 2,125 1,381
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.64 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £42.91 £44.11
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% -2.72% +72.98%
75th Percentile £56.30 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.57% -6.42% +70.37%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +39 20 £500 -9.09% 12
North of England +5 19 £450 -1.37% 7
North West +14 17 £450 -1.37% 2
South West - 11 - - 3
South East +27 10 £450 - 9
East of England +9 2 £588 +67.86% 9
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 4
North East - 1 £475 - 1
Network Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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 24 (38.10%) Project Management
2 18 (28.57%) Finance
3 15 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 14 (22.22%) Firewall
5 13 (20.63%) Agile
6 11 (17.46%) Service Delivery
6 11 (17.46%) Service Management
7 10 (15.87%) Cisco
7 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
7 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
8 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 8 (12.70%) NSN NetAct
9 8 (12.70%) Azure
9 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
9 8 (12.70%) Ericsson
9 8 (12.70%) Nokia
9 8 (12.70%) PRINCE2
9 8 (12.70%) LAN
9 8 (12.70%) WAN
10 7 (11.11%) Migration
11 6 (9.52%) Degree
12 5 (7.94%) PMP
12 5 (7.94%) VPN
12 5 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
12 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
13 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
13 4 (6.35%) 5G
13 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365

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 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.17%) Confluence
3 1 (1.59%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
4 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) Akamai
5 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.59%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.22%) Firewall
2 8 (12.70%) LAN
2 8 (12.70%) WAN
3 5 (7.94%) VPN
4 4 (6.35%) 5G
4 4 (6.35%) Network Security
4 4 (6.35%) Wireless
5 3 (4.76%) LTE
5 3 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.76%) VoIP
5 3 (4.76%) WLAN
6 2 (3.17%) Internet
6 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.17%) PSTN
6 2 (3.17%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.59%) 4G
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
1 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.57%) Finance
2 14 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
7 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.59%) Automotive
8 1 (1.59%) Legal
8 1 (1.59%) Local Government
8 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.59%) Marketing
8 1 (1.59%) Military
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.76%) Replication
3 2 (3.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
1 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Project Management
2 15 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.63%) Agile
4 11 (17.46%) Service Delivery
4 11 (17.46%) Service Management
5 8 (12.70%) PRINCE2
6 7 (11.11%) Migration
7 5 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.35%) Project Delivery
8 4 (6.35%) Validation
9 3 (4.76%) Change Management
9 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.76%) DevOps
9 3 (4.76%) ITIL
9 3 (4.76%) Network Architecture
9 3 (4.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 2 (3.17%) Capacity Management
10 2 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (3.17%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) PMP
5 4 (6.35%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.59%) CCNA
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.59%) CISM
7 1 (1.59%) CISSP
7 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) PMO
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) NSN NetAct
2 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.59%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Cisco
2 8 (12.70%) Ericsson
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Nokia
3 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.17%) Aruba
4 2 (3.17%) BT
4 2 (3.17%) HP
4 2 (3.17%) Meraki
4 2 (3.17%) Remedy
5 1 (1.59%) BMC
5 1 (1.59%) Cramer
5 1 (1.59%) Dell KACE
5 1 (1.59%) F5
5 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.59%) Juniper
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Planview
5 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds