Network Optimisation Contracts in London

Network Optimisation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 - 460
Rank change year-on-year - - +141
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Network Optimisation 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.037% - 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 - £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £339
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.43%
75th Percentile £475 - £359
90th Percentile £520 - -
England median daily rate £425 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -16.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,455 14,422 20,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.45% 88.90% 90.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,286 10,008 15,211
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £779 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 191 228
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.25 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.77 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -11.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48.44 £54.38 £64.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £78.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -40.82% +0.73% +56.26%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in London

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Network Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) 2G
1 2 (40.00%) 3G
1 2 (40.00%) 4G
1 2 (40.00%) 5G
1 2 (40.00%) 5G NR
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) LTE
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Ericsson Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Ericsson Field Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Field Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto