Network Planning Contracts in England

Network Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Network Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Planning over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 537 611
Rank change year-on-year +50 +74 +153
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 7 16 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.043% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.050% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £325 £412
25th Percentile - £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.73% -23.83%
75th Percentile - £505 £500
90th Percentile - £548 £605
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £448
% change year-on-year -30.00% +11.73% -0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £18.50 -
25th Percentile - £24.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +91.18% -54.67%
75th Percentile - £47.68 £21.75
90th Percentile - £51.91 £24.00
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year - +76.47% -54.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Planning 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 23,546 31,936 42,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 85.56% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,157 20,719 29,767
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,176 2,324 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.14 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Planning in England

Network Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Planning in England

Network Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Planning in England

Network Planning
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 Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +12 5 - - 1
North of England +8 5 - - 7
South East +52 1 £350 -17.45% 5
West Midlands +8 1 - - 4
Midlands +4 1 - - 5
Network Planning
UK

Network Planning
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 (14.29%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP APO
3 1 (14.29%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) EIGRP
1 4 (57.14%) IPv4
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) OSPF
1 4 (57.14%) SD-WAN
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) IP Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Transmission Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Fibre Planner
4 1 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) SAP APO Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) SAP SCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Configuration Management
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) BMC
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Huawei
1 4 (57.14%) Remedy
2 2 (28.57%) SAP