Network Optimisation Contracts in England

Network Optimisation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Network Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 527 609
Rank change year-on-year +18 +82 +160
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Network Optimisation 11 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.024% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.028% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £192 - £359
25th Percentile £353 - £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -16.28%
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £609 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Median hourly rate - £48.56 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +246.86% -71.20%
UK median hourly rate - £48.56 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +246.86% -71.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Optimisation 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,203 28,495 38,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.82% 85.75% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,050 18,347 27,166
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £424 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £751 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,478 1,523 1,388
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +56.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +57.41%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in England

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Optimisation in England over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Optimisation in England

Network Optimisation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Optimisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
DemandTrendContract 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 Optimisation within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 5 £425 - 6
Midlands - 3 £185 -
West Midlands - 3 £185 -
North of England -23 2 £628 +67.33% 7
South West +26 1 - - 2
North West -7 1 £730 +94.67% 6
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
Network Optimisation
UK

Network Optimisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) BGP
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
1 4 (36.36%) OSPF
2 3 (27.27%) 4G
2 3 (27.27%) 5G
2 3 (27.27%) LTE
2 3 (27.27%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) 2G
3 2 (18.18%) 3G
3 2 (18.18%) 5G NR
3 2 (18.18%) EIGRP
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) Internet
3 2 (18.18%) LAN
3 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 2 (18.18%) VLAN
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless Security
3 2 (18.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Ericsson Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Ericsson Field Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Field Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Field Test Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Data Scientist
2 1 (9.09%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Juniper Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Network Management
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Network Design
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
5 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Data Enrichment
5 1 (9.09%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Data Science
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Runbook
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) R
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE Routing and Switching
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Ericsson
1 3 (27.27%) Juniper
2 2 (18.18%) Infoblox
2 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
2 2 (18.18%) Zscaler
3 1 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow