Network Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Network Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Network Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 127 139
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 +74
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 4 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £476 - £413
25th Percentile £497 £165 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £170 £519
Median % change year-on-year +216.18% -67.23% +18.57%
75th Percentile £572 £300 £569
90th Percentile £589 £525 -
England median daily rate £513 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.41% +8.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,256 2,488 2,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 92.56% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,474 1,652 1,978
10th Percentile £220 £250 £225
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £595 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 135 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.74 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -6.98% +17.81%
75th Percentile £31.00 £36.25 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the Midlands

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Consultant in the Midlands

Network Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

Network Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands 0 4 £538 +216.18% 2
Network Consultant
England

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Network Consultant 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 Midlands region featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) OpenView
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Police
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (25.00%) Police
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCIE
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) F5
1 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds