Network Management Contracts in the North West

Network Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 122 154
Rank change year-on-year +26 +32 -4
Contract jobs citing Network Management 29 17 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.47% 0.62% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 7
10th Percentile £389 £424 -
25th Percentile £409 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £514 £200
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% +156.88% -50.00%
75th Percentile £641 £515 £343
90th Percentile £661 £518 £507
England median daily rate £490 £520 £478
% change year-on-year -5.79% +8.86% +0.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,370 2,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.37% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,513 2,045
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 246 142
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.51 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cumbria +12 26 £525 +1.94% 2
Manchester +16 2 £525 +50.00% 8
Cheshire - 1 £730 - 3
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) Firewall
2 24 (82.76%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (62.07%) Cisco ISE
3 18 (62.07%) NetScaler
4 17 (58.62%) WAN
5 8 (27.59%) BGP
5 8 (27.59%) OSPF
6 7 (24.14%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (24.14%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (24.14%) EIGRP
6 7 (24.14%) HSRP
6 7 (24.14%) IPsec
7 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
General
1 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Back Office
2 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (93.10%) Network Engineer
2 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (3.45%) Data Scientist
4 1 (3.45%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Network Specialist
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (58.62%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (48.28%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Load Balancing
2 19 (65.52%) Network Design
3 14 (48.28%) Network Architecture
4 12 (41.38%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (20.69%) ITIL
6 3 (10.34%) Agile
7 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.45%) Data Enrichment
7 1 (3.45%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.45%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (3.45%) DevOps
7 1 (3.45%) ITSM
7 1 (3.45%) Machine Learning
7 1 (3.45%) Use Case
7 1 (3.45%) Validation
7 1 (3.45%) Visualisation
7 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 1 (3.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) R
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) SC Cleared
1 24 (82.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) CCIE
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Cisco
1 27 (93.10%) Palo Alto
2 16 (55.17%) Meraki
3 7 (24.14%) SolarWinds
4 6 (20.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) BMC
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Tenable