Network Management Contracts in the North of England

Network Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 164 207
Rank change year-on-year +38 +43 -7
Contract jobs citing Network Management 40 21 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.21% 0.44% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.51% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 9
10th Percentile £393 £437 £185
25th Percentile £438 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £200
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +157.50% -50.00%
75th Percentile £644 £529 -
90th Percentile £670 £636 £496
England median daily rate £495 £520 £478
% change year-on-year -4.83% +8.86% +0.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Network Management 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the North of England

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the North of England

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the North of England

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the North of England

Network Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +29 29 £563 +9.49% 21
Yorkshire +15 11 £500 -23.08% 16
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (92.50%) Firewall
2 24 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (45.00%) Cisco ISE
3 18 (45.00%) NetScaler
4 17 (42.50%) WAN
5 9 (22.50%) BGP
5 9 (22.50%) OSPF
6 8 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (20.00%) EIGRP
7 7 (17.50%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (17.50%) HSRP
7 7 (17.50%) IPsec
8 2 (5.00%) Network Security
9 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
9 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
1 1 (2.50%) Tableau
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Back Office
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (72.50%) Network Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Senior
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (2.50%) Data Scientist
5 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Network Specialist
5 1 (2.50%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Senior Firewall Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (42.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Network Design
2 20 (50.00%) Load Balancing
3 14 (35.00%) Network Architecture
4 12 (30.00%) Impact Assessments
5 9 (22.50%) Migration
6 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 3 (7.50%) Agile
8 2 (5.00%) Containerisation
8 2 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.00%) Task Automation
9 1 (2.50%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (2.50%) Backlog Management
9 1 (2.50%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (2.50%) Data Ingestion
9 1 (2.50%) Data Science
9 1 (2.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 1 (2.50%) Decision-Making
9 1 (2.50%) Inventory Management
9 1 (2.50%) Network Virtualisation
9 1 (2.50%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) Go
2 1 (2.50%) R
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.50%) CCIE
2 1 (2.50%) CCNA
2 1 (2.50%) CCNP
2 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.50%) GDPR
1 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Ansible
2 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Cisco
2 27 (67.50%) Palo Alto
3 16 (40.00%) Meraki
4 15 (37.50%) CheckPoint
5 7 (17.50%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.00%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.50%) BMC
7 1 (2.50%) Citrix
7 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.50%) Tenable