Network Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Network Project Manager
UK > England

The median Network Project Manager daily rate in England is £474, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 483 523
Rank change year-on-year -31 +40 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Network Project Manager 23 13 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.045% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.048% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 19
10th Percentile £353 £464 £421
25th Percentile £422 £477 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £503 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% -1.95% +2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £522 £575
90th Percentile £575 £587 £698
UK median daily rate £474 £503 £506
% change year-on-year -5.67% -0.74% +1.25%
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 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -12.28% - -

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 28,730 26,847 34,730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.95% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,314 16,727 23,863
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 846 1,347
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Network Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Network Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Project Manager job vacancies in England

Network Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Project Manager in England

Network Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Project Manager job vacancies in England

Network Project 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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 +2 8 £550 -4.35%
South East -12 8 £425 -
West Midlands - 6 £474 -
Midlands - 6 £474 -
North of England -48 2 £474 -2.27% 1
Yorkshire -48 2 £474 +2.49% 1
Network Project Manager
UK

Network Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Network Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Project Management
2 10 (43.48%) WAN
3 9 (39.13%) LAN
4 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (30.43%) Agile
6 6 (26.09%) Change Management
6 6 (26.09%) SD-WAN
7 5 (21.74%) Cisco
7 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
7 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (17.39%) Change Control
8 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
8 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
8 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
9 3 (13.04%) Degree
9 3 (13.04%) Firewall
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (13.04%) Migration
9 3 (13.04%) PMO
9 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
9 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
9 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (8.70%) Arista
10 2 (8.70%) Aruba
10 2 (8.70%) Azure
10 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
10 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Transformation
10 2 (8.70%) Internet
10 2 (8.70%) JIRA
10 2 (8.70%) Juniper

Network Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) WAN
2 9 (39.13%) LAN
3 6 (26.09%) SD-WAN
4 3 (13.04%) Firewall
4 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (8.70%) Internet
5 2 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (8.70%) VPN
5 2 (8.70%) Wireless
5 2 (8.70%) WLAN
6 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Local Government
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Project Management
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Change Management
5 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (17.39%) Change Control
6 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
6 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
8 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.70%) Logistics
8 2 (8.70%) Network Architecture
8 2 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (8.70%) Scrum
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) Time Management
8 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (8.70%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.70%) PMP
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CCNA
3 1 (4.35%) CCNP
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CISM
3 1 (4.35%) CISSP
3 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 2 (8.70%) Arista
4 2 (8.70%) Aruba
4 2 (8.70%) Juniper
4 2 (8.70%) Meraki
4 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.70%) Remedy
4 2 (8.70%) Zscaler
5 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle
5 1 (4.35%) Progress