Network Specialist Contracts in London

Network Specialist
England > London

The median Network Specialist daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 358 469
Rank change year-on-year +18 +111 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 13 33 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.19% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 14
10th Percentile £265 - £624
25th Percentile £484 £650 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £825 £815
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% +1.23% +90.09%
75th Percentile £528 £875 £830
90th Percentile £588 £900 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Network Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) DHCP
2 7 (53.85%) DNS
3 6 (46.15%) Migration
3 6 (46.15%) WAN
4 5 (38.46%) Brocade
4 5 (38.46%) Network Security
4 5 (38.46%) Infoblox
4 5 (38.46%) Firewall
4 5 (38.46%) Windows
4 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
5 4 (30.77%) SD-WAN
5 4 (30.77%) OSPF
5 4 (30.77%) BGP
5 4 (30.77%) VPN
5 4 (30.77%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (15.38%) Network Management
7 2 (15.38%) High Availability
7 2 (15.38%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
7 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (15.38%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (15.38%) Degree

Network Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) DHCP
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 6 (46.15%) WAN
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
3 5 (38.46%) Network Security
4 4 (30.77%) BGP
4 4 (30.77%) OSPF
4 4 (30.77%) SD-WAN
4 4 (30.77%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) IPsec
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) MPLS
5 2 (15.38%) VoIP
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Network Management
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCNA
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) DICOM
1 2 (15.38%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 5 (38.46%) Brocade
2 5 (38.46%) Infoblox
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (15.38%) Mitel
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
5 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
13 Network Specialist jobs in England