Network Management Contracts in England

Network Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 434 572
Rank change year-on-year +122 +138 -88
Contract jobs citing Network Management 256 219 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.70% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.50% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 146 131
10th Percentile £175 £194 £189
25th Percentile £460 £275 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% +2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £675 £647 £575
90th Percentile - £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £488 £451
% change year-on-year +5.64% +8.09% +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 11 12
10th Percentile - £18.50 £18.43
25th Percentile £40.00 £31.38 £26.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £44.37
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +52.13% +77.48%
75th Percentile £72.50 £92.50 £53.31
90th Percentile £91.00 £101.25 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £44.37
% change year-on-year +19.15% +32.41% +77.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
South West +85 128 £500 +150.00% 13
South East +60 74 £650 +36.84% 11
London +60 26 £425 -22.73% 14
North of England +41 20 £515 +50.15% 17
North West +28 17 £514 +5.71% 8
East of England -21 6 £203 -71.07% 8
Yorkshire - 3 £630 - 7
Midlands +13 1 - - 9
West Midlands +13 1 - - 4
Network Management
UK

Network Management
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 36 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 35 (13.67%) Confluence
3 34 (13.28%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (23.83%) Azure
2 35 (13.67%) Azure Stack
3 30 (11.72%) SaaS
4 28 (10.94%) Cloud Computing
5 27 (10.55%) IaaS
5 27 (10.55%) PaaS
6 24 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.34%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.95%) AWS
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon Glacier
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.78%) Cohesity
9 2 (0.78%) GCP
10 1 (0.39%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 85 (33.20%) BGP
2 79 (30.86%) WAN
3 67 (26.17%) Firewall
4 44 (17.19%) LAN
5 39 (15.23%) Cisco Firepower
6 37 (14.45%) MPLS
7 31 (12.11%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (10.55%) SSL
9 22 (8.59%) DNS
10 20 (7.81%) DHCP
11 19 (7.42%) OSPF
12 18 (7.03%) SNMP
13 16 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
14 15 (5.86%) NetScaler
15 14 (5.47%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (5.47%) EIGRP
15 14 (5.47%) IPsec
15 14 (5.47%) SD-WAN
16 13 (5.08%) HSRP
17 12 (4.69%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (13.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.14%) Public Sector
3 36 (14.06%) Finance
3 36 (14.06%) Telecoms
4 17 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.91%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.17%) Banking
7 3 (1.17%) Billing
7 3 (1.17%) Military
8 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.39%) Advertising
9 1 (0.39%) Electronics
9 1 (0.39%) French Language
9 1 (0.39%) Legal
9 1 (0.39%) Local Government
9 1 (0.39%) Marketing
9 1 (0.39%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.39%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 122 (47.66%) Architect
2 120 (46.88%) Network Architect
3 37 (14.45%) Network Engineer
4 32 (12.50%) Lead
5 29 (11.33%) Systems Architect
6 27 (10.55%) Lead Architect
7 23 (8.98%) Senior
8 22 (8.59%) Analyst
9 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (5.47%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (4.69%) Infrastructure Technician
12 9 (3.52%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.13%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (3.13%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (3.13%) Senior Architect
13 8 (3.13%) Senior Network Architect
14 7 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
15 6 (2.34%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.69%) Jinja
2 3 (1.17%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.17%) Django
2 3 (1.17%) JSON
2 3 (1.17%) REST
2 3 (1.17%) RESTful
2 3 (1.17%) YANG
3 2 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (20.31%) Data Centre
2 38 (14.84%) Private Cloud
3 25 (9.77%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.69%) NHS
5 8 (3.13%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.13%) Clustering
6 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.17%) PKI
6 3 (1.17%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.95%) Windows
2 18 (7.03%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.13%) Unix
3 8 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (2.73%) Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.00%) ITIL
2 49 (19.14%) Capacity Management
3 41 (16.02%) ITSM
4 40 (15.63%) Service Management
5 36 (14.06%) Security Monitoring
6 35 (13.67%) SIEM
7 34 (13.28%) Network Design
8 31 (12.11%) Zero Trust
9 30 (11.72%) Open Source
9 30 (11.72%) Systems Engineering
10 28 (10.94%) Customer Requirements
11 27 (10.55%) Business Strategy
11 27 (10.55%) Strategic Thinking
12 26 (10.16%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (7.42%) Requirements Management
15 18 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (7.03%) Migration
16 17 (6.64%) Change Management
17 16 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.25%) Python
2 14 (5.47%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.69%) Perl
3 12 (4.69%) Tcl
4 3 (1.17%) Bash
4 3 (1.17%) Java
4 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.17%) SQL
4 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 187 (73.05%) Security Cleared
2 92 (35.94%) DV Cleared
3 72 (28.13%) SC Cleared
4 42 (16.41%) Degree
5 19 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (7.03%) CCNP
7 15 (5.86%) CCNA
8 5 (1.95%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.39%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.39%) MCSE
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.39%) PMP
9 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.28%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.39%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.08%) Firmware
3 12 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.13%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.78%) NFS
5 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.78%) vSphere
6 1 (0.39%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 26 (10.16%) Endace
2 25 (9.77%) SCOM
3 16 (6.25%) Ansible
4 13 (5.08%) SCCM
5 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (3.13%) Nagios
5 8 (3.13%) NetBackup
6 5 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.56%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.17%) Terraform
9 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.78%) vRealize
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.83%) Cisco
3 34 (13.28%) Atlassian
3 34 (13.28%) Juniper
4 33 (12.89%) F5
5 27 (10.55%) VMware
6 20 (7.81%) Palo Alto
7 17 (6.64%) SolarWinds
8 15 (5.86%) Citrix
9 14 (5.47%) Veeam
10 9 (3.52%) Meraki
11 8 (3.13%) Hitachi
11 8 (3.13%) NetApp
12 7 (2.73%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.95%) Aruba
13 5 (1.95%) Google
14 4 (1.56%) Apple
15 3 (1.17%) CheckPoint
15 3 (1.17%) Genesys
15 3 (1.17%) TOWER Software