Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Network Specialist
UK > England

The median Network Specialist daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 488 485
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +214
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 46 30 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.10% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 56
10th Percentile £391 £272 £397
25th Percentile £406 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +23.94%
75th Percentile £480 £529 £875
90th Percentile £525 £536 £900
UK median daily rate £450 £473 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -14.09% +22.22%

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 28,653 26,631 34,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.94% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,270 16,563 23,658
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,769 838 1,330
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in England

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Specialist in England

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in England

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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 +16 23 £450 -9.55% 3
West Midlands -20 9 £492 -5.48%
Midlands -31 9 £492 -5.48%
South West -15 5 £450 - 2
North of England -38 5 £388 -22.50% 3
South East -18 4 £400 -20.79% 4
North West -25 3 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £388 -
Network Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 21 (45.65%) Network Design
2 15 (32.61%) Radio Access Network
3 14 (30.43%) High Availability
4 13 (28.26%) 4G
4 13 (28.26%) Firewall
5 12 (26.09%) Cisco
6 11 (23.91%) Security Cleared
7 10 (21.74%) 3GPP
7 10 (21.74%) Actix
7 10 (21.74%) Ericsson
7 10 (21.74%) Fortinet
7 10 (21.74%) LTE
7 10 (21.74%) Nokia
7 10 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
7 10 (21.74%) Wireshark
8 9 (19.57%) AWS
8 9 (19.57%) VPN
9 8 (17.39%) BGP
9 8 (17.39%) OSPF
10 7 (15.22%) Agile
10 7 (15.22%) Juniper
10 7 (15.22%) Python
11 6 (13.04%) Analytics
11 6 (13.04%) Azure
11 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
11 6 (13.04%) Git
11 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (13.04%) SD-WAN
11 6 (13.04%) WAN

Network Specialist 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 5 (10.87%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) AWS
2 6 (13.04%) Azure
3 5 (10.87%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 15 (32.61%) Radio Access Network
2 13 (28.26%) 4G
2 13 (28.26%) Firewall
3 10 (21.74%) 3GPP
3 10 (21.74%) LTE
3 10 (21.74%) Wireshark
4 9 (19.57%) VPN
5 8 (17.39%) BGP
5 8 (17.39%) OSPF
6 6 (13.04%) SD-WAN
6 6 (13.04%) WAN
7 5 (10.87%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (10.87%) LAN
7 5 (10.87%) Network Security
8 4 (8.70%) 2G
8 4 (8.70%) 5G
8 4 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (6.52%) Junos
9 3 (6.52%) Wireless
10 2 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) GIS
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (2.17%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Git
2 5 (10.87%) Jenkins
3 4 (8.70%) GitLab
4 3 (6.52%) JUnit
4 3 (6.52%) Selenium
5 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 11 (23.91%) Public Sector
3 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
4 7 (15.22%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Finance
6 3 (6.52%) Electronics
6 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.52%) Marketing
7 2 (4.35%) Military
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) REST
2 3 (6.52%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) NHS
2 3 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.52%) IoT
2 3 (6.52%) NB-IoT
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) PKI
3 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
1 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) Network Design
2 14 (30.43%) High Availability
3 10 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (15.22%) Agile
5 6 (13.04%) Analytics
5 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.87%) Containerisation
6 5 (10.87%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (10.87%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.87%) Test Automation
7 4 (8.70%) Data Management
7 4 (8.70%) DevOps
8 3 (6.52%) Change Control
8 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.52%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (6.52%) Migration
8 3 (6.52%) Network Architecture
8 3 (6.52%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) Python
2 4 (8.70%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) JNCIA
3 3 (6.52%) JNCIP
3 3 (6.52%) JNCIS
4 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.17%) CCIE
4 1 (2.17%) CCNP
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) GDPR
1 2 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.35%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) Cacti
3 1 (2.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Cisco
2 10 (21.74%) Actix
2 10 (21.74%) Ericsson
2 10 (21.74%) Fortinet
2 10 (21.74%) Nokia
3 7 (15.22%) Juniper
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.70%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.52%) SAP
6 2 (4.35%) Aruba
6 2 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.17%) Arista
7 1 (2.17%) Ekahau
7 1 (2.17%) F5
7 1 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.17%) Oracle