Network Specialist Contracts in the Midlands

Network Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Network Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% - 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £523
25th Percentile - - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.12%
75th Percentile - - £672
90th Percentile - - £693
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +14.29%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,967 2,717 3,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.04% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,273 1,792 2,178
10th Percentile £200 £213 £228
25th Percentile £350 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £541 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £675 £694
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 242 105
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.75 £19.00 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year +19.74% -9.39% +10.37%
75th Percentile £31.19 £35.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.89 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the Midlands

Network Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Specialist in the Midlands

Network Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Specialist in the Midlands

Network Specialist
Contract 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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Network Specialist
England

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 Midlands region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) BGP

Network Specialist 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 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto