Network Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Network Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Network Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 140 144
Rank change year-on-year -65 +4 +80
Contract jobs citing Network Management 16 27 46
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.34% 0.77% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.88% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 41
10th Percentile £354 £346 £263
25th Percentile £509 £413 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -22.92% +200.00%
75th Percentile £565 £516 £627
90th Percentile £609 £557 £673
England median daily rate £500 £506 £588
% change year-on-year -1.23% -13.83% +46.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £33.75 £90.00
% change year-on-year -52.59% -62.50% +100.00%

All Process & 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 4,204 3,052 4,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.23% 87.18% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,740 2,710
10th Percentile £220 £263 £293
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £644 £669 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 144 199
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.26 £30.05
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% -9.30% +33.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £44.92 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.98 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Network Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Network Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Network Management

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 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the North of England

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Network Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Network Management

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 January 2026. 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 -32 15 £537 +13.05% 4
Yorkshire -57 1 £210 -50.59% 4
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) Firewall
2 11 (68.75%) Cisco ISE
2 11 (68.75%) NetScaler
2 11 (68.75%) WAN
2 11 (68.75%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.25%) MPLS
4 1 (6.25%) NGN
4 1 (6.25%) SDH
4 1 (6.25%) SNMP
4 1 (6.25%) TACACS
4 1 (6.25%) VoIP
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Impact Assessments
1 11 (68.75%) Network Architecture
1 11 (68.75%) Network Design
2 10 (62.50%) Load Balancing
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.25%) Coaching
4 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Cisco
2 11 (68.75%) Meraki
2 11 (68.75%) Palo Alto
3 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
3 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Apple
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) Nokia